Question

Seth measured a hotel and made a scale drawing the the scale he used was 1 inch : 3 feet the actual of the hotel is 18 feet how wide is the room in the drawing?

Answer 1

Explanation:

Width of the room in the drawing = x

1 : 3 :: x : 18

Product of means = Product of extremes

3 * x = 18 *1

x = 18 ÷ 3

x = 6

Width of the room in the drawing = 6 inches