Question

Sam is building a model of an antique car. The scale of his model to the actual1car is 1:10. His model is 15 1/2 inches long. How long is the actual car?215The length of the actual car isinches.

Answer 1

The car is 10 times the size of the model.

So, we have to multiply the length of the model by 10.

15 1/2 x 10 =

(15x2+1)/2 x 10=

31/2 x10 =310/2 = 155

The length of the actual car is 155 inches