Question

In an illustration of an ant, the length of the ant is 6.5 centimeters. The actual size of the ant is 1.3 centimeters. What is the scale of the illustration?

Answer 1

5

Explanation:

6.5 / x = 1.3

multiply by x on each side to cancel it out

6.5 = 1.3x

/1.3 /1.3

x = 5

1.3 x 5 = 6.5