The height of a basketball pole for kids is 5 ft. For adults, the height of the basketball pole is 10 ft. What is the scale factor?

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Solution

The correct option is D 2
The scale factor is a measure by which the size of any geometrical figure can be varied with respect to original size.

Given,
The height of the basketball pole for kids = 5 ft

The height of the basketball pole for adults = 10 ft

Scale factor =
$\frac{Height of the basketball pole for adults}{Height of the basketball pole for kids}$

= $\frac{10}{5}$

= 2

Here, the scaling factor is 2.

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