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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

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The scale factor is 1:8
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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. :)
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