Question
Amy drew a scale drawing of a shopping center. The scale she used was 1 inch : 3 feet. If a bakery in the shopping center is 16 inches wide in the drawing, how wide is the actual bakery?
Answers
GPT-4o mini
To find the actual width of the bakery based on the scale drawing, you can use the scale provided, which is 1 inch representing 3 feet.
Given that the bakery is 16 inches wide on the drawing, you can calculate the actual width by multiplying the width in the drawing by the scale factor:
\[
\text{Actual width} = \text{Width in drawing} \times \text{Scale factor}
\]
Substituting the values:
\[
\text{Actual width} = 16 \text{ inches} \times 3 \text{ feet/inch}
\]
Calculating this gives:
\[
\text{Actual width} = 16 \times 3 = 48 \text{ feet}
\]
Therefore, the actual width of the bakery is **48 feet**.
Given that the bakery is 16 inches wide on the drawing, you can calculate the actual width by multiplying the width in the drawing by the scale factor:
\[
\text{Actual width} = \text{Width in drawing} \times \text{Scale factor}
\]
Substituting the values:
\[
\text{Actual width} = 16 \text{ inches} \times 3 \text{ feet/inch}
\]
Calculating this gives:
\[
\text{Actual width} = 16 \times 3 = 48 \text{ feet}
\]
Therefore, the actual width of the bakery is **48 feet**.