Homework Help: math

Posted by jhon on Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 8:44pm.

a drawing of a deck has a scale of 1 inch to 5 feet. the actual deck is 18 feet long.how long is the deck in the scale drawing?

math - Steve, Friday, May 4, 2012 at 10:54am
1in/5ft = xin/18ft
x = 18/5 = 3.6

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