Question

John needs to make a scale drawing of his school building for art class. If the building is 256.25 meters long, and John scales it down using a ratio of 25 meters to 1 inch, how long will the building be in the sketch?

Answer 1

If the ratio is already determined to be 25 meters, this makes the problem.

We would do 256.25/25 = 10.25

The building will be 10.25 inches long in the sketch.

Answer 2

10.25 inches

Explanation:

John needs to make a scale drawing of his school building for art class.

The building is 256.25 meters long.

John scales it down using a ratio of 25 meters to 1 inch.

Therefore, 256.25 meters =
`(256.25)/(25)` = 10.25 inches

The sketch of the building would be 10.25 inches long.