Algebra 1 honors pre-Ap

Question

an 8-inch "personal pizza." If this 8-inch pizza is the right size for one person, how many people can be fed by a large 16-inch pizza?

Answer 1

The scale factor is 2 : 1. The scale factor for the area is as the square, or 4 : 1.

The 16" has four times the area. It can feed four people.