Practice question · Select all that apply
Which are true of comparative measurement in modelling?
Hints
- Three describe why the method works; one claims something it does not do.
- The method is about relations, not absolute sizes.
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- A. The whole can then be scaled without the relations collapsing
- B. An error in one measurement does not propagate into all the others
- D. One dimension is chosen as a unit and everything is stated as a multiple of it
Why
The fourth misses the point of the method. Comparative measurement is deliberately relative: it produces correct relations at any size, which is what a sculpture needs, and says nothing about absolute dimensions, for which you would indeed use a ruler.
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