Question

Tiffany sketched a picture is a car she used the scale 2 inches:12 feet the car in her sketch is 8 inches long what is the length in feet of the actual car

Answer 1

The actual length in feet of the car is 48 feet.

Explanation:

Given:

Tiffany sketched a picture of a car she used the scale 2 inches : 12 feet.

In her sketch the car is 8 inches long.

Now, to find the length in feet of the actual car.

Let the actual length of car in feet be
`x\ feet.`

And the length of car in her sketch is 8 inches.

Thus, 8 inches is equivalent to
`x\ feet`.

So, the ratio of the scale used by Tiffany as given is 2 inches : 12 feet.

Thus, 2 inches is equivalent to 12 feet.

Now, to get the actual length of car by using cross multiplication method:

`(2)/(12) =(8)/(x)`

By cross multiplying we get:

⇒
`2x=96`

Dividing both sides by 2 we get:

⇒
`x=48`

⇒
`x=48\ feet.`

Therefore, the actual length in feet of the car is 48 feet.