Question

A model of a house is 6 inch wide and 8 inches long. If the actual house is 20 yards long, how wide is the actual house?

Answer 1

Hi!

We will solve this using ratios, like this:

6 inches wide are x yards wide

8 inches long are 20 yards long

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x = (20*6)/8

x = 120/8

x = 15

The actual house is 15 yards wide.

Hope this helps!