Question

Sebastian measured a hotel and made a scale drawing. The scale of the drawing was 1 inch : 2 feet. A room in the hotel is 12 feet wide in real life. How wide is the room in the drawing?

Answer 1

If the scale of the drawing is 1 inch : 2 feet, it means that every 1 inch in the drawing represents 2 feet in real life.

To find out the width of the room in the drawing, we can set up a proportion:

1 inch / 2 feet = x inches / 12 feet

Cross-multiplying gives:

2 feet * x inches = 1 inch * 12 feet

Simplifying:

2x = 12

x = 6

Therefore, the room is 6 inches wide in the drawing.

Answer 2

6 inches

Explanation:

Because 1 inch in the drawing equals 2 feet in real life that means that 12 feet in real life equals 6 inches in the drawing because 6 is half of 12, just like 1 is half of 2.