Question

The door on a model building is 2 inches tall. The door on the actual building is 8 feet tall.

What was the scale used?
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Answer 1

the scale factor is either 4 or 1/4 depending if you are going from the model to the actual or the actual to the model.

Explanation:

s= scale factor

2s = 8 Divide both sides by 2

x = 4

If I do the other way:

8s = 2 Divide both sides by 8

s = 1/4