Question

Heather drew a scale drawing of a shopping center. The parking lot, which is 60 meters long in real life, is 12 centimeters long in the drawing. What is the scale of the drawing?

Answer 1

1 cm = 5 meters

Explanation:

A scale drawing is a reduced form in terms of dimensions of an original image / building / object

the scale drawing is usually reduced at a constant dimension

scale of the drawing = original dimensions / dimensions of the scale drawing

60 meters / 12 centimetres

5 meters / 1 centimetres