Question

In a scale drawing, the tength of a

rectangular room is 6 inches, and the
width is 3 inches. The actual length of
the room is 18 feet.
a. What is the scale of the drawing?

b. In a new scale drawing of the same
room, the length of the room measures
4 inches. What is the scale of the new
drawing?

Answer 1

a) 1/36in.

b) 1/54in

Explanation:

a) convert feet to inches:

L = 18ft = 216in

if length in image is 6in then 216in/6in. 36in is Scale.

width of original room = 108in.

check: 216*1/36 = 6

b) L = 18ft = 216in

216in/4in = 54in.

check: 216*1/54 = 4