In a scale drawing the length of a rectangular room is 6 inches, and the width is 3 inches. The actual length of the room is 18 feet. What is the scale of the drawing?
The answer is 3 in. for part a.
For every 1in its 3ft in real life.
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To find the scale of the drawing, we need to determine the ratio between the length of the actual room and the length of the corresponding side in the scale drawing.
We know that the length of the actual room is 18 feet, but in the scale drawing, it is represented as 6 inches. Since 1 foot is equal to 12 inches, we can convert the actual length to inches by multiplying it by 12:
Actual length (in inches) = 18 feet * 12 inches/foot = 216 inches.
We can now find the scale of the drawing by dividing the actual length by the length in the scale drawing:
Scale = Actual length / Length in drawing
= 216 inches / 6 inches
= 36.
Therefore, the scale of the drawing is 36. This means that every inch on the scale drawing represents 36 inches in real life.