if a scale model of a truck is 5m, and the scale is 1:8, what is the length of the truck?

Is the scale model 5 meters? Or is the real truck 5 meters long?

scale model is 5 meters

My -- but that's a big model. 15 meters is about 16 feet. I'll bet your bedroom is less than 5 meters long.

So do you multiply 1:8 by 5?

No.

Please proofread your problem The truck is probably 5 meters long.

Or ask your teacher.

ok thanks!

The truck is 5m

ok thank you very much for helping

To find the length of the truck, we can use the scale ratio given. The scale ratio of 1:8 means that 1 unit on the scale model represents 8 units in real life.

Given that the length of the scale model is 5m, we can set up the proportion:

1 unit (scale model) / 8 units (real life) = 5m (scale model) / x (real life)

To solve for x, we can cross-multiply:

1 * x = 8 * 5

x = 40

Therefore, the length of the truck in real life is 40 meters.