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Bruce drew a scale drawing of a house and its lot. The house's driveway, which is 17 feet

wide in real life, is 34 inches wide in the drawing. What scale did Bruce use for the drawing?

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Answer:

1/6

Explanation:

Convert 17 feet to inches. 17×12 = 204

204 inches to 34 inches.

204/34 = 6

Remember we are scaling down

204× 1/6 = 34

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