Scale: 1 box=15 feet
Convert this scale drawing so that it has a scale of 1 box=5 feet. The width in the scale drawing shown is 2 boxes. What will be the width in boxes of the new scale drawing?
To convert the scale from 1 box=15 feet to 1 box=5 feet, we need to divide the original scale factor of 15 feet by the desired scale factor of 5 feet: 15 feet ÷ 5 feet = 3.
The width of the scale drawing in the original scale is 2 boxes, so to find the width in boxes of the new scale drawing, we multiply the original width by the conversion factor of 3: 2 boxes × 3 = <<2*3=6>>6 boxes.
Therefore, the width in boxes of the new scale drawing would be 6 boxes.