Question

In a scale model of a table, 1 centimeter represents 8 inches.

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Scale
1 cm: 8 in
Answer the following.
?
(a) The height of the real table is 48 inches. What is the
height of the table in the scale model?
[centimeters
(b) In the scale model, the length of the table is 9
centimeters. What is the length of the real table?
inches

Answer 1

(a): 6 centimeters

(b): 72 inches

Explanation:

Rule: From centimeters to inches, multiply centimeters × 8

so from inches to centimeters, divide inches by 8

Scale:

1 cm : 8 in

? cm : 48 in

6 cm : 48 in

Scale:

? in : 9 cm

72 in : 9 cm