Question

An engineer created a scale drawing of a building using a scale in which 0.25 inch represents 2 feet. The length of the actual building is 120 feet. What is the length in inches of the building in the scale drawing? Record your answer in the box below.

Answer 1

• 15 in

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The scale is given:

• 0.25 in ⇒ 2 feet

The length of the actual building is 120 feet, it is 60 times the 2 in, hence the length of the building in the drawing will be 60 times greater than the corresponding part of the scale:

• 0.25 in x 60 =
• 15 in