Question

A blueprint of a house shows a wall that is 5 inches long if the blue print is drawn to a scale of 1: 60 what is the actual length of the wall in the house

Answer 1

1: 60
* 5:5
= 5 : 300

Answer 2

300 inches... You multiply 60 by 5 because then the ratio will be 5:300 and then to check your answer just divide 300 by 60