Changing a Scale Answers
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Which steps should be followed to use a scale drawing and a new scale to find the new length of a soccer field?
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Add the numerator of the new scale to the old length to get the new length.B
Subtract the new length from the old length to find the difference in lengths.C
Write a proportion using the new scale as the first ratio. Set the first ratio equal to the ratio of the length of the original field compared to a variable that represents the new length of the field. Solve the proportion to find the new length of the field.D
Write a ratio comparing the scale drawing length to the actual length of the field, and simplify.2
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Which ideas did you include in your response? Check all that apply.
A
Ivan wrote the ratio incorrectly.B
The ratio should be written as the old length to the new length, so it should be , which reduces to .
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When going from larger to smaller dimensions the change in the scale factor is a ratio that looks like an improper fraction.D
The change in the scale factor should have a larger number in the numerator and a smaller number in the denominator.Did you find these answers helpful?
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