Question

An artist is painting a large mural of flowers on the

side of a school. If she uses the scale 4 inches = 1 inch,

how large will the mural painting of a rose bloom be if the

actual height of the rose bloom is 61 inches?

Answer 1

The mural painting will be of 15.5 inches.

Explanation:

We solve this question by proportions, using rules of three.

Scale of 4 inches = 1 inch

This means that 4 inches of real dimensions is one inch on the drawing.

How large will the mural painting of a rose bloom be if the actual height of the rose bloom is 61 inches?

The painting is a fourth of the real bloom(61 inches). So

61/4 = 15.5 inches

The mural painting will be of 15.5 inches.