Question

Please help me I don’t understand.

An architect makes a model of a new house. The model shows a tile patio in the backyard. In the model, each tiles has a length 1/2 inch and width 1/6 inch. The actual tiles have a length 1/3 ft and width 1/9 ft. What is the area of a tile in the model to the area of the actual tile?

Answer 1

1 : 64

Explanation:

Model:

1/2 in * 1/6 in = 1/12 in^2

Real:

1/3 ft * 1/9 ft = 1/3 * 12 in * 1/9 * 12 in = 16/3 in^2

model : real

1/12 / 16/3 = 1/12 * 3/16 = 3/192 = 1/64

model : real = 1 : 64