Question

Amber is making a scale drawing of a movie screen. The actual dimisions of a screen in her local theater are 60 ft wide and 20 ft tall. In her scale drawing, the screen has a width of 9 in. What will the height of the screen on her drawing be? a 2 inches b 6 inches c 3 inches d 10 inches

Answer 1

c 3 inches

Explanation:

Given the dimension in feet

Width = 60 ft

Height = 20 ft

Given the dimension in inches

Width = 9in

Height = ?

To get the height in inches, we will use the equality postulate:

60 ft = 9in

20ft = x

Cross multiply

60x = 9*20

60x =180

x = 180/60

x = 3in

Hence the height of the screen will be 3inches