40.6k views
2 votes
a scale drawing of an automobile has a scale of 1 inch = 1/2 foot. the actual width of the care is 8 feet . what is the width on the scale drawing?

User Lukewarm
by
6.3k points

2 Answers

4 votes
so for every 1/2 of a foot of the car, the scale model is 1 inch long. The car is 8 feet wide, so the scale would be 16 inches wide because it takes 16 1/2 feet to equal 8 feet. 
User Julio Ojeda
by
7.2k points
3 votes
Hello Vdb7654! The width on the scale drawing is 16 inches. I hope this helped you.
User Anisoptera
by
6.9k points