Question

Jayden drew a scale drawing of an arcade. He used the scale 1 inch = 3 feet. If an air hockey table is 3 inches long in the drawing, how long is the actual air hockey table?

Answer 1

The answer is 9 feet. If the air hockey table is 3 inches long and 1 inch = 3 feet, 3 x 3 = 9.

Answer 2

9 Feet

Explanation:

Lets start with a ratio:

1:3

Now lets look at the other ratio:

3:?

If the 1 turned into a three in the second ratio, then what will the 3 in the first ratio turn into?

9!

Because 1x=3 should be equivalent to 3x=9

Lets check our work:

x=3

3x=9

Simplify by dividing by 3 on both sides:

x=3

x=3

It worked!