Question

The actual length of a building is 168 feet and its width is 152 feet. If the scale length of the bulding in the drawing is 21 inches and the width is 19 inches what scale was used in the drawing

Answer 1

40

Explanation:

Answer 2

1 inch = 8 feets

Explanation:

Actual Length = 168 feets

Scale length = 21 inches

168 / 21 = 8

Actual width = 152 feets

Scale width = 19 inches

152 / 19 = 8

Hence, we can conclude that

Scale used :

1 inch = 8 feets

That is 1 inch in drawing equals 8 feets of the actual size