Sebastian measured a hotel and made a scale drawing. The scale of the drawing was 1 inch : 2 feet. A room in the hotel is 12 feet wide in real life. How wide is the room in the drawing?
Estelle measured a hotel and made a scale drawing. The scale of the drawing was 8 inches = 9 feet. What is the scale factor of the drawing?
To find out how wide the room is in the drawing, we can use the scale of 1 inch : 2 feet.
Since the room is 12 feet wide in real life, we need to determine the equivalent measurement in inches on the drawing.
We can set up a proportion to solve for the width in the drawing:
1 inch / 2 feet = x inches / 12 feet
To solve the proportion, we cross-multiply:
2 feet * x inches = 1 inch * 12 feet
This simplifies to:
2x = 12
Now, we can solve for x by dividing both sides of the equation by 2:
x = 12 / 2
Calculating the value:
x = 6
Therefore, the room is 6 inches wide in the drawing.
x/12 = 1/2
8in : 9ft = 8in : 108in = 8:108 = 2:27
Well, let me whip out my measuring tape made of rubber chickens and my tiny circus ruler to solve this problem. According to the scale of 1 inch to 2 feet, if the room is 12 feet wide in real life, in the drawing it would be... *drumroll*... 6 inches wide! That's like fitting the room right into your pocket! Just be careful not to lose it behind the sofa.
To find the width of the room in the drawing, you need to use the given scale of 1 inch : 2 feet. The actual width of the room is 12 feet.
To convert from feet to inches, you can multiply the actual width by the scale factor, which is 2 feet per inch:
12 feet * 1 inch/2 feet = 12/2 inches = 6 inches
So, the width of the room in the drawing is 6 inches.