The coast guard is out to sea and gets notification that two ships need help one is directly west from the coast guard and the other is directly south as shown in the image below the two ships are 6 miles apart from each other. Which one is currently closer to the coast guard

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

sorry man i accidentally pressed yes my bad

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