Question

Josh wants to add a model of a tree house to his model railroad layout how big should the tree be if the actual tree is 315 inches and the scale is 1:90

Answer 1

3.5 inches on the scaled model

Explanation:

So using the ratio, 1:90 I thought of two ways to solve this

1) Proportion

2) Equation

Using the proportion method

1:90=x:315

Now cross multiply

315=90x

Now solve and you’ll get 3.5

Equation is just

315/90=X?

Just solve and you’ll also get 3.5