Elias’s teacher has given him a rectangle that is 15 feet by 20 feet. She has asked him to create a new rectangle using a scale factor of 8/3. Elias says that will be a reduction because the scale factor is a fraction. Is he correct? Explain.
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Elia is incorrect, the rectangle will get bigger with this scale factor.
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This is because this is an improper fraction, meaning the numerator is greater than the denominator. An improper fraction is bigger than one and therefore elia's logic of a fraction making it smaller is wrong. Due to this, the rectangle will be bigger.
Another way to put it is that 8/3 is the same as 2 and 2/3. Therefore the retangle will be more than doubled.
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Elia is incorrect, the rectangle will get bigger with this scale factor.
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