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The right triangle on the right is a scaled copy of the right triangle on the left. Identify the scale factor. Express your answer as a whole number or fraction in simplest form. 5/2 5 6 12

The right triangle on the right is a scaled copy of the right triangle on the left Identify the scale factor Express your answer as a whole number or fraction i class=

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The scale factor is;

[tex]\frac{1}{2}\text{ or 0.5}[/tex]

Here, we want to get the scale factor of the compression

What we have to do is to compare similar sides

We simply divide a side on the smaller triangle by its corresponding side on the larger trianle

We have this as;

[tex]\frac{6}{12}\text{ = }\frac{1}{2}[/tex]

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