Question

Chad drew a scale drawing of an apartment the broom closet which is 4 feet wide in real life is 6 inches wide in the drawing what is the scale factor of the drawing

Answer 1

The scale factor is 1:8

Answer 2

Note that 6 inches is half a foot, so if its 4ft. then 1/2 of a foot goes in 8 times which means that the scale factor is 8. :)