Question

Steven made a scale drawing of a theater. The stage is 5 inches wide in the drawing. The actual stage is 20 feet wide. What is the scale of the drawing?

Answer 1

The scale of the drawing is 1 inch.

Step-by-step explanation:

In this problem, the scale drawing of the theater has a stage that is 5 inches wide, while the actual stage is 20 feet wide. To find the scale of the drawing, we can set up a proportion:

Scale/Actual = Drawing/Actual = Drawing/Scale = 5/20

Cross multiplying gives us:

Scale = Drawing × Actual/Actual = 5 × 20/20 = 1 inch

Therefore, the scale of the drawing is 1 inch.