Isabelle measured a swimming pool and made a scale drawing. The scale she used was 7millimeters=1meter. What is the drawing's scale factor?Simplify your answer and write it as a fraction.\_\_\_\_\_
Q. Isabelle measured a swimming pool and made a scale drawing. The scale she used was 7millimeters=1meter. What is the drawing's scale factor?Simplify your answer and write it as a fraction.\_\_\_\_\_
Identify Scale: Step 1: Identify the scale given in the problem.Isabelle used a scale of 7 millimeters =1 meter for her drawing.We need to find the scale factor as a fraction.Scale factor = (length in the drawing) / (corresponding length in reality)Scale factor = (7 mm) / (1 m)
Convert Units: Step 2: Convert meters to millimeters to have consistent units.1 meter =1000 millimeters.Now, recalculate the scale factor using the same units.Scale factor =(7mm)/(1000mm)
Simplify Fraction: Step 3: Simplify the fraction to find the scale factor. Scale factor = 10007 This is the simplest form of the fraction.
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