Question

Kathryn needs to include a scale drawing of a race car on her science science fair project. Her actual race car is 180 inches long and 72 inches tall. if she uses a scale factor of 1 inch= 8 inches, what will the dimensions of her scale drawing?

Answer 1

To find the scaled measures of the race car, you have to divide the original measures by the scale. This is:

`\text{length}=(182in)/(8)=22.75in`
`\text{height}=(72in)/(8)=9in`

So the scaled measures of the race car are: length=22.75in and height=9in