SOLUTION: Vivian measured a house and its lot and made a scale drawing. The porch, which is 16 feet wide in real life, is 4 inches wide in the drawing. What scale did Vivian use for the draw
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Question 940841: Vivian measured a house and its lot and made a scale drawing. The porch, which is 16 feet wide in real life, is 4 inches wide in the drawing. What scale did Vivian use for the drawing? Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! AL=Actual Length=16 feet
DL=Drawn Length=4 inches
Scale=AL/DL (units must have same dimension, i.e. feet and feet, not feet and inches)
First change DL units to feet: Note numerator and denominator of conversion factor are equivalent, so we are multiplying by 1, which does not change the value. Divide out the inches Simplify
Scale =AL/DL=16 feet/1/3 foot=48 Note: Scale has no units
ANSWER Vivian's drawing scale is 48:1
