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becky drew a scale drawing of a stop sign. her scaled drawing had a width of 7 inches and the actual sign had a width of 3 1/2 feet what is the scale of her drawing

User Madmanick
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Answer:

6:1

Step-by-step explanation: convert 3 1/2 feet to inches 3x12 = 42. then you divide. 42/ 7 = 6 the scale is 1:6

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Answer:

The scale is 1:6.

Explanation:

3 1/2 feet = 36 + 6 = 42 inches.

42/7 = 6

So i inch on the drawing = 6 inches on the sign.

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