Dustin measured a neighborhood park and made a scale drawing.the scale he used was 9 millimeters=1 meter. What scale factor does the drawing use

Question

 Dustin measured a neighborhood park and made a scale drawing. The scale he used was 9 mm equals 1 m. What scale factor does the drawing use?

Answer 1

9 mm = 9 (1/1000) m = 0.009 m

 

Actual lengths are multiplied by 0.009 to be scaled down;  0.009 : 1 is scale factor (to scale down).