Francesca drew a scale drawing of an Italian restaurant. The scale of the drawing was 7 centimeters : 3 meters. If the actual width of the restaurant's kitchen is 15 meters, how wide is the kitchen in the drawing?
centimeters
Since the scale of the drawing is 7 centimeters : 3 meters, and the actual width of the kitchen is 15 meters, we can set up the proportion:
7 cm / 3 m = x cm / 15 m
Cross-multiplying, we get:
(7 cm)(15 m) = (3 m)(x cm)
105 cm * m = 3m * x cm
Dividing both sides by 3m:
35 cm = x cm
Therefore, the width of the kitchen in the drawing is 35 centimeters.