How to find a liniar scale?

Linear scale factor

The size of an enlargement/reduction is described by its scale factor.

For example, a scale factor of 2 means that the new shape is twice the size of the original.

A scale factor of 3 means that the new shape is three times the size of the original.

To calculate the scale factor, we use the following:

You can get the 'big' and 'small' from the corresponding sides on the figures.

Explanation:

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