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Question from Kinza: Hi, my question is The perimeter of a triangle is reduced from 75cm to 20cm. What is the linear scale factor? |
Hi Kinza,
The perimeter (a length) is reduced from 75 cm to 20 cm so the scale factor is $\large \frac{20}{75} \normalsize = \large \frac{4}{15}.$
Penny
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