You are working on a school paper and you need to resize some pictures. You have a picture that is 4 inches by 6 inches but you need it to fit into a space that is 2 inches by 3 inches. What scale factor would change the size of the picture to make it fit the new space

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You are working on a school paper and you need to resize some pictures. You have a picture that is 4 inches by 6 inches but you need it to fit into a space that is 2 inches by 3 inches. What scale factor would change the size of the picture to make it fit the new space

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