Kong made a scale drawing of a fish tank.The tank which is 24 feet long in real life, is 12 inches long in the drawing. What scale did Kong use for the drawing? 1 inch = feet.

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Mara Black · Answer 1 · 2021-02-11T11:37:00+0000

Answer:

$1\ inch = 2\ feet$

Explanation:

Given:

$Real\ tank\ measurement\ = 24\ feet$

$Scale\ measurement\ = 12\ inches$

Required:

Scale Ratio.

To get the scale ratio, we simply divide the actual measurement by the scale measurement

This is done as follows:

$Scale\ Ratio = (Actual\ Measurement)/(Scale\ Measurement)$

$Scale\ Ratio\ = (24\ feet)/(12\ inches)$

[Divide numerator and denominator by 12]

$Scale\ Ratio\ = (2\ feet)/(1\ inch)$

[Convert the above expression to ratio]

$Scale\ Ratio = 2\ feet : 1\ inch$

The interpretation of this is that 1 inch on the scale measurement represent 2 feet on the actual measurements