Before he boards a flight, Martin's bag is scanned at the airport. The figure shows a scaled x-ray image of his bag. Using the scale 1 centimeter = 2 inches, find the real length and width of the bag.

Answer 1

To find the real length and width of the bag, we first need to measure the dimensions of the bag on the x-ray image.

From the x-ray image, we can see that the length of the bag is approximately 5 centimeters and the width of the bag is approximately 2 centimeters.

Using the scale 1 centimeter = 2 inches, we can convert these dimensions to inches:

Length = 5 cm * 2 inches/cm = 10 inches
Width = 2 cm * 2 inches/cm = 4 inches

Therefore, the real length of the bag is 10 inches and the real width of the bag is 4 inches.