Two rectangular prisms are similar. The smaller, A, has a height of 4 units while the larger, B, has a height of 6 units. What is the scale factor from prism A to prism B?
To find a scale factor, you divide prism B by prism A to find out how the scale changed from A to B. In this situation, the equation would be SF = 6/4, which comes to a scale factor of 1.5.
