Kelly was building a bed for her dollhouse. She used her bed, which is 4 feet × 6 feet, as a guide. She scaled down the dimensions of her bed by a factor 1 over 5. What are the dimensions of the model bed she built?
For this case we have the following dimensions: 4 feet 6 feet We multiply both dimensions by the scale factor of 1/5. We have then: (4) * (1/5) = 0.8 feet (6) * (1/5) = 1.2 feet The new dimensions are given by: 0.8 feet x 1.2 feet Answer: A) 0.8 foot × 1.2 feet