Reducing Dialations

Question

your copy of your family crest is 4.5 in wide you need a reduced copy for the front page of the family newsletter the copy must fit in a space 1.8 in wide, what scale factor should you use on the copy machine?

Answer 1

You want to reduce 4.5 to 1.8.

 

4.8s = 1.8 where the scaling factor is s.

 

s = 1.8/4.8 = 0.375