A scale drawing shows the plans for a barn in a 1:48 ratio. On the plan, a wall of the barn is 2 feet in length. How long will the actual wall be?
2*48
To find the actual length of the wall, we need to use the scale ratio provided in the problem, which is 1:48. This means that for every 1 unit on the scale drawing, there are 48 units in the actual size.
In this case, we are given that the length of the wall on the scale drawing is 2 feet. We can now set up a proportion to find the actual length of the wall.
Let x be the actual length of the wall in feet.
Scale length / Actual length = Scale ratio
2 feet / x = 1 / 48
To solve for x, we can cross-multiply:
2 * 48 = 1 * x
96 = x
Therefore, the actual length of the wall is 96 feet.