Question

Jenny wants to show the gym on a scale drawing. She uses a scale of 1:75. The gym has a length of 12.3 metres. Jenny works out the length of the gym on the scale drawing is 18cm. Is she correct?

Answer 1

She is wrong

Explanation:

Let us use the scale 1 : 75 to find the length of the gym on the scale drawing.

The scale means that 1 m on the drawing represents 75 m in real life.

Therefore, if the length of the gym is 12.3 cm, then the length of the gym in the scale drawing is:

12.3 / 75 = 0.164 m

Converting to cm:

1 m = 100 cm

0.164 m = 0.164 * 100 = 16.4 cm

She is wrong.