Question

1.5 inches: 5 ft What does 4.8 inches equal in feet using the scale above?

Answer 1

`4.8` inches equals to `16` feet with the scale you provided.

Explanation:

You solve this by setting up a proportion.

We know that `1.5` inches is to `5` feet in the scale.
We want what `4.8` inches equals.

Let's set the amount in feet that `4.8` inches equals to `x`.

`1.5/5 = 4.8/x`

Now we do this thing called cross-multiplying:
`1.5 * x = 5 * 4.8`

`1.5x = 24`

`x = 16` ft