Which of the following best describes the quadrilateral below?

(05.08a)triangle abc is transformed to similar triangle a′b′c′ below: a coordinate plane is shown. triangle abc has vertices a at 2 comma 6, b at 2 comma 4, and c at 4 comma 4. triangle a prime b prime c prime has vertices a prime at 1 comma 3, b prime at 1 comma 2, and c prime at 2 comma 2. what is the scale factor of dilation? 1 over 2 1 over 3 1 over 4 1 over 5

[10 points, algebra 2]according to my answer key the restrictions are -1 and 4. but why not positive 1?

Marina baked cookies. she gave 3/4 of the cookies to the scout bake sale. she shared the remaining 6 cookies with her friends. how many cookies did marina bake?