Tess builds a sandbox in the shape of a regular hexagon in which all the sides are 40 inches long. She then takes a photo of the sandbox and prints the photo. In the photo, the sides of the hexagon are each 4 inches long. Identify the scale factor that was used to create the printed photo of the sandbox.
Express your answer as a decimal
The scale factor is calculated by dividing the length of the corresponding sides of the printed photo by the length of the sides of the sandbox.
Length of corresponding sides in the photo: 4 inches
Length of sides of the sandbox: 40 inches
Scale factor = Length of corresponding sides in the photo / Length of sides of the sandbox
= 4 inches / 40 inches
= 0.1
The scale factor used to create the printed photo of the sandbox is 0.1.