Question

A train at the local fair is 6 feet long.This is a scale of an actual passenger train. You want to draw a mural that includes a 1:30 scale picture of the actual passenger train.

Answer 1

`\begin{gathered} x=\text{actual scale} \\ 1\colon10=(1)/(10)\to(1)/(10)x=6 \\ so\colon \\ x=60ft \\ 1\colon1=(1)/(1)x=60=60 \end{gathered}`

Mural of train:

`1\colon30=(1)/(30)\to(1)/(30)60=2ft`

Fair train:Mural of train:

`6\colon2=(6)/(2)=3\to3\colon1`