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  • Quirkie
    In what context? A scale factor is just a number that something must be multiplied by. For example to convert units. To convert 5 inches to mm you need to know how many mm are in an inch. That's the scale factor. It's 25.4 so there are 5*25.4 mm in an inch. Scale factor could be the ratio between size of a house on a plan and the actual house, or the scale of a map. Scale factor could be the 'm' in the equation: y = mx + c I need more help (click "add a comment" to reply).
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  • Sir Kye The Third
    wassup
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