document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=765490>Question 765490</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> WHAT IS SCALE FACTOR? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A scale factor is the <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=ratio ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"ratio\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > of any two corresponding lengths in two similar geometric figures. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The ratio of areas of two similar figures is the square of the scale factor. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "The ratio of volumes of two similar figures is the cube of the scale factor.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A scale factor is also a number which scales, or multiplies, some quantity. In the equation <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y+=+ax ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y+=+ax\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is the scale factor for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is also the coefficient of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. </SPAN>\n" );
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