Question

The bed of Jerry's pickup truck is 6 feet long. On a scale model of the truck, the bed is 8 inches long. What is the scale of the model?

Answer 1

The scale of the model is 1/9.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the scale of the model, we need to determine how many inches on the scale model represent one foot in real life. In the given example, the bed of Jerry's pickup truck is 6 feet long in real life and 8 inches long on the scale model. We can set up a ratio to find the scale:

Scale = Length on scale model / Length in real life

Scale = 8 inches / 6 feet

Now we need to convert the feet to inches to have the same units:

Scale = 8 inches / (6 feet * 12 inches/foot) = 8 inches / 72 inches = 1/9

Therefore, the scale of the model is 1/9.

Answer 2

6ft=72in
72/8=9

the model is 1/9 of the actual truck, so the scale factor for the model is 9