Skeeter the wonder dog jumps through circular rings as part of his dog show exhibition. skeeter requires a width of 18inches for his costume to clear the ring. will a ring with an inner circumference of 39.8 inches be large enough for skeeter's act ?

the barter

option a is correct.

step-by-step explanation:

scale factor: it is used to find proportional measurements.

proportions means having the same ratio.

scale factor is the ratio of the model measurement to the actual measurement in a simplest form.

or we can say that the ratio of any two corresponding lengths in two similar geometric figures

if the scale factor is more than 1, then it is an enlargement,

if the scale factor less than 1, then it is a reduction.

given the two geometric figure:

by definition of proportions, we have