Exercise 34 Page 870

Similar solids have the same shape and all of their corresponding dimensions are proportional. The ratio of corresponding linear dimensions is the scale factor. With this in mind, we will consider the given cylinders to find the scale factor.

Let's take two corresponding linear dimensions to find the scale factor.

a/b = 3/9

ReduceFrac

a/b=.a /3./.b /3.

a/b = 1/3

CalcQuot

Calculate quotient

a/b = 0.333333...

RoundDec

Round to 2 decimal place(s)

a/b = 0.33

FracToScale

\dfrac a b = a:b

a:b = 0.33

The scale factor of the two cylinders is 0.33. Therefore, the answer is G.