SOLUTION: model is made of a car. The car is 9 feet long and the model is 6 inches long. What is the ratio of the length of the car to the length of the model?

Question 469300: model is made of a car. The car is 9 feet long and the model is 6 inches long. What is the ratio of the length of the car to the length of the model?
Found 2 solutions by solver91311, jim_thompson5910:
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

6 inches is one-half foot. There are 18 half-feet in 9 feet. So, 18:1

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Note: 9 ft = 9*12 = 108 inches

Length of Car: Length of Model

9 ft: 6 inches

108 inches : 6 inches

18 inches : 1 inch

18:1

So the ratio is 18:1

This tells us that the car is 18 times longer than the model.
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