Question

santiago drew a scale drawing of a community college. he used the scale 2 centimeters : 1 meter. The actual length of a building at the college is 76 meters. how long is the building on the drawing ?

Answer 1

The building is 152 cm long.

Explanation:

-We can solve using proportion!:

`(2 cm)/(1 meter) = (x)/(76 meters) \\\\(1x)/(1) =(152)/(1) \\\\\\x = 152`