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Question

ΔABC ∼ ΔDEF. What's the scale factor from ΔABC to ΔDEF?

	A)	2∕5
B)	5∕2
C)	4∕3
D)	3∕4

Answer 1

Since the triangles are similar, all corresponding sides of the 2 triangles have the same ratio. AB (35) and DE (14) are corresponding sides and their ratio is 35/14 = 5/2. B.