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Beth is designing a card. She brings to a print shop a drawing that is 6 inches by 3 inches, and asks them to print the card after applying a scale factor of . When she returns to the print shop, they hand her a box of cards, each of which is 9 inches by 13 inches, which is incorrect.What should be the correct dimensions of the card?

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The scale factor is a reduction, and the new card should be 4 in x 2 in.
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The scale factor is a reduction, and the new card should be 4 in x 6 in.
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The scale factor is for an enlargement, and the print shop created the right size card.
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The scale factor is for an enlargement, but the print shop should have made the card 9 in by 6 in.
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Clarissa made a scale drawing of a rectangle. She used a scale factor of 3 to draw the new rectangle. How does the length of the new rectangle compare to the original?

A
The length of the new rectangle is the length of the original.
Option A
B
The length of the new rectangle is the length of the original.
Option B
C
The length of the new rectangle is 3 times the length of the original.
D
The length of the new rectangle is 12 times the length of the original.
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The triangle represents a scale drawing that was created by using a factor of . Which is true of the measures of the sides of the original triangle?

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Each side of the original triangle is the length of each side of the scale drawing.
Option E
E
Each side of the original triangle is 2 times the length of each side of the scale drawing.
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Each side of the original triangle is the same length as each side of the scale drawing.
E
Each side of the original triangle is 2 inches shorter than the scale drawing.
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The square represents a scale model that was created by using a factor of 4. Which is true of the measures of the sides of the original square?

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Each side of the original square is the length of each side of the scale model.
Option A
B
Each side of the original square is 4 times the length of each side of the scale model.
C
Each side of the original square is the same length as each side of the scale model.
D
Each side of the original square is 4 feet less than the scale model.

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