Question

A student builds a model of her bedroom. The scale is 1:25. In the scale model, the student's bed is 3 inches long. How long is the student's actual bed?

Answer 1

75 inches

Step-by-step explanation:

A student builds a model of her own bedroom

The scale of the model is 1:25

In the scale model the bed of the student is 3 inches long

Therefore the length of the student's actual bed can be calculated as follows

= 3 × 25

= 75 inches

Hence, the student's actual bed is 75 inches long