Question

John needs to make a scale drawing of his school building for art class. If the building is 256.25 meters long, and John scales it down using a ratio of 25 meters to 1 inch, how long will the building be in the sketch?

Answer 1

The building in the sketch will be 10.25 inches long.

Answer 2

10.25 inches in the sketch

Explanation:

Since we are talking about scales drawing, we can solve this problem using proportions, the ratio John will use is 25:1. We will write the proportion using this information and then we will solve for x.

`(25)/(1) =(256.25)/(x) \\x=256.25/25\\x=10.25`

Therefore, the building will be 10.25 inches in the sketch.