Question

The architect made a rectangular wall that was 24 feet wide and 12 feet tall. Then he made a scale drawing of a rectangular wall if the height of the scale drawing was 2 inches. What would be the width

Answer 1

To find the width of the scale drawing, we need to determine the scale factor.

The height of the actual wall is 12 feet, while the height of the scale drawing is 2 inches.

We can convert feet to inches by multiplying by 12.

The scale factor is therefore 12 feet / 2 inches = 6.

Next, we need to find the width of the scale drawing.

The width of the actual wall is 24 feet.

To find the width of the scale drawing, we multiply the actual width by the scale factor.

Width of the scale drawing = Width of the actual wall * Scale factor = 24 feet * 6 = <<24*6=144>>144 feet.

Therefore, the width of the scale drawing is 144 feet.