Question

Sandeep drew a scale drawing of a restaurant. A table in the restaurant is 20 inches long in the drawing. The actual table is 10 feet long. What scale factor does the drawing use?Simplify your answer and write it as a ratio, using a colon.

Answer 1

Take into account that the ratio between drawing and actual scale is 10.

The scale factor is then, 20in/10ft = 2 in/ft, which is equivalent to 2 in: 1 ft