Question

HELP!!!!!

a blueprint for a garage has a scale of 3/4 centimeter to 6 meters. On the blueprint, the width of one wall is 8 centimeters. If x represents the width of the actual wall, what is w?

Answer 1

The wall is ninety meters wide.

Explanation:

Set up and solve a proportion to find the value of w

Cancel out the like units on both sides of the equation.

Equate the cross-products, and then solve for w.

The actual width of the wall is ninety meters.

Answer 2

x = 64 m

Explanation:

The scale is proportional to the actual:

(6 m)/(3/4 cm) = x/(8 cm)

Multiplying by 8 cm, we get ...

x = (8 cm)·(6 m)/(3/4 cm)

x = 64 m . . . . the width of the actual wall