Question

An image of a book shown on a website is 3 inches wide and 4.5 inches tall on a computer monitor. The actual book is 9 inches wide. what is the scale

thank you if you answer im dumb

Answer 1

It Depends

Explanation:

If the image is the scale, the answer is 1/3, since its width of 3 is 1/3 the width of the actual book.

If the book is the scale, the answer is 3, since its width of 9 is 3 times the width of the image.