Question

A furniture maker made a model of a table design. The model of the table is 12 inches long and 4 inches wide. The actual table will be 60 inches long. What is the scale factor of the actual table?

Answer 1

K = 5

1) Since the model of that table is:

2) He is to build an actual table with their dimensions (width and length) 5 times larger

3) K =5

12 x 5 = 60

4 x 5 = 20