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When setting up a proportion to calculate scale drawings, how do you write the proportion? A)actual/actual B)actual/drawing C) drawing/drawing D)drawing/actual

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When setting up a proportion to calculate scale drawings, how do you write the proportion? A)actual/actual B)actual/drawing C) drawing/drawing D)drawing/actual

The correct answer is option D: drawing/actual

Suppose there is a drawing that has a scale of 1:10. So, this means anything drawn with the size of "1" would have an actual size of "10" in the real world, so a measurement of 120mm on the drawing would be 1200mm on the actual/real image.

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