Gwen measured a kitchen and made a scale drawing. The scale she used was 11 inches : 5 feet. If a countertop in the kitchen is 22 inches long in the drawing, how long is the actual counter?
feet
To find the actual length of the counter, we need to convert the inches in the drawing to feet in real life.
According to the scale, 11 inches in the drawing represents 5 feet in real life.
So, 1 inch in the drawing represents 5/11 feet in real life.
Therefore, 22 inches in the drawing represent (22 * (5/11)) = 10 feet in real life.
So, the actual length of the counter is 10 feet.