Question

Ronnie made a scale drawing of a shopping center. A bakery in the shopping center is 7 inches wide in the drawing. The actual bakery is 42 feet wide. What is the scale of the drawing?

Answer 1

1:72

Explanation:

The scale of a drawing is the ratio of the length in the drawing to the real length.

Drawing length: 7 inches

Real length: 42 ft × 12 in. / ft = 504 in.

Scale:

7 in. to 504 in.

Divide both numbers by 7:

1 in. to 72 in.

Scale: 1:72