Question

A portion of a daycare has been set aside for toddlers under 2. the area is a triangle with height 2.5 m and width 4 m. a scale drawing of the room is 5 cm tall. how wide is the scale drawing?

Answer 1

8 cm

Explanation:

5/2.5 = 2 cm

4 x 2 = 8 cm

Answer 2

To find the width of the scale drawing of the toddler room, you can set up a proportion/ratio.

2.5 m/4 m= 5 cm/x cm

To get from 2.5 to 5, you multiplied by 2, so you will do the same thing to 4 to find the missing scale width.

4 x 2 = 8 cm

The width of the scale drawing is 8 cm.