Jasmine made a scale drawing of an office. The scale of the drawing was 4 inches : 3 feet. The desk is 8 inches long in the drawing. How long is the actual desk?
feet
Since the scale is 4 inches: 3 feet, and the desk is 8 inches long in the drawing, we can set up a proportion to find the actual length of the desk:
4 inches / 8 inches = 3 feet / x
Cross-multiplying, we get:
4x = 8 inches * 3 feet
4x = 24 inches * 1 foot
Dividing both sides by 4, we find that:
x = 24 inches / 4 = <<24/4=6>>6 inches
So, the actual length of the desk is 6 feet.