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If on a scale drawing 15 feet are represented by 10 inches, then a scale of 1/10 inch represents how many feet?

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* A scale 1/10 inches represents 0.15 feet

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User Tetranz
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The ratio is 15 ft:10 in. so you want 1/10 of both. 1/10 of 10 is 1 and 1/10 of 15 is 1.5. One inch on the drawing is 1.5 inches. Now you want to find 1/10 inch as it says, so 0.1 inches: 0.15 feet. You don’t have to complete the problem this way, it’s just how I did it.
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