Question

1. danna knows that zooming out makes things smaller, but she does not understand why that makes the scale larger. help danna understand by explaining the relationship to her.

Explanation:

Scale is a ratio between a measurement on a map or image and the actual distance in real - life. When you zoom out, the same physical size on your screen (or paper if it's a map) represents a larger real - life area. For example, if on a zoomed - in view, 1 cm on the screen represents 100 meters in real life (scale 1:10000), when you zoom out, 1 cm might represent 1000 meters (scale 1:100000). So the scale number (the second number in the ratio) gets larger as things look smaller on the screen (because more real - life distance is compressed into the same screen size).

Answer:

Scale is a ratio. When zooming out, the same display size covers more real - world area. So the scale (as a ratio like 1:X) has a larger X (scale is larger) while objects on display seem smaller.