hello,
I am to calculate a model length of a boat and a car.
The boat's true length is 17 feet and the car's true length is 20 feet. The model will be on a 1:16 scale.
Could you tell me how I get started with this please?
since the model is 1/16 as big, just divide all the dimensions by 16:
boat: (17/16) ft
car: (20/16) ft
You might want to express those in inches
Thank you, Steve.
The question does actually also ask us to put it into inches, so I'm thinking to do that I would divide by 12 since there are 12 inches in a foot? Would that be correct?
Of course! To calculate the model length of the boat and the car, you'll need to use the given true lengths and the scale factor. Here's how you can get started:
1. Understand the scale: The scale ratio is given as 1:16. This means that for every 1 unit in the real world (true length), the model represents 16 units.
2. Identify the lengths: The true length of the boat is 17 feet and the true length of the car is 20 feet.
3. Calculate the model length: To find the model length, you need to divide the true length by the scale factor. In this case, the scale factor is 16.
For the boat:
Model length of the boat = true length of the boat / scale factor
= 17 feet / 16
= 1.06 feet (rounded to two decimal places)
For the car:
Model length of the car = true length of the car / scale factor
= 20 feet / 16
= 1.25 feet (rounded to two decimal places)
Therefore, the model length of the boat is approximately 1.06 feet and the model length of the car is approximately 1.25 feet, based on the given true lengths and the 1:16 scale ratio.