Question

5 In a scale drawing of an airplane, 1 inch equals 3 meters. The length of the actual plane is 17 meters. What is the length of the plane in the scale drawing?

Answer 1

Answer: 5 2/3 inches

Explanation:

From the question, we are informed that the scale drawing of an airplane is:

1 inch = 3 meters.

Since the length of the actual plane is 17 meters, the length of the plane in the scale drawing will then be:

= 17/3

= 5 2/3 inches