Question

An image of a book shown on a website is 1.5 inches wide and 3 inches tall on a computer monitor. The actual book is 9 inches wide. What scale is being used for the image?

Answer 1

Answer: 1 inch to 6 inches.

Explanation:

It is given that an image of a book shown on a website is 1.5 inches wide and 3 inches tall on a computer monitor.

The actual width of the book = 9 inches

We need to find the scale that is used for the image.

`\text{Scale}=\frac{\text{Width of the image of book}}{\text{actual width of the book }}`

`\text{Scale}=(1.5)/(9)`

`\text{Scale}=(15)/(90)`

`\text{Scale}=(1)/(6)`

It means 1 inch of image represents 6 inches.

Therefore, the required scale is 1 inch = 6 inches or 1 inch to 6 inches .