Question

You are recreating a scale drawing at a different scale. The original scale is 1 cm : 4 m. The new scale is 1 cm : 8 m. In the original drawing, the length of a segment is 6 centimeters. How long should the segment representing the same distance be in the new drawing?

Answer 1

You can set up a proportion.

`(1)/(8)=(6)/(x)`

Now cross multiply.

`1x=48`

Solve

`x=48`

Answer 2

If the length segment is....6 cm

The length of the segment.., 6 × 4 = 24

In the new scale...the length of the segment would be....,,; 24/8 = 3cm

The length of the segment in the new scale

; 3 cm