Question

The indicates the amount by which an object is enlarged or reduced.

Answer 1

$\text{Scale Factor:}$
Scale factor is the ratio between corresponding measurements of a representation of an object to that of the actual object.

$\text{Note -}$ Scale factor indicates the amount by which an object is enlarged or reduced.


Mathematically it can be represented as,

Scale factor

$=\frac{\text{Dimension of scale model}}{\text{Dimension of actual object}}$

$=\frac{6\text{cm}}{10\text{cm}}$

$=6:10$