Question

A scale drawing showing the distance from your house to the school has a scale of 1.5 cm to 5 km. If the actual distance from your house to the school is 30 km, what is the distance on the drawing?

Answer 1

9

Explanation:

Answer 2

1.5 cm x cm
5 km 30 km

cross multiply and divide-

1.5 x 30 = 5x
45 = 5x
divide each side by 5

x = 9 cm