Question

Suppose you are making a model of a boat. The boat is 720 inches long. If you are using the scale 1 inch : 15 inch, find the length of the model?

Answer 1

If the boat is `720` inches long, we need to find the length of the model

Let's use this ratio:

`(m o d e l)/(actual)` or `1/15`

`720 color(white)(.)cancel(actual)xx (1 color(white)(.) m o d el)/ (15color(white)(.) cancel(actual))`

`48` inches for the model