A blueprint for a garage has a scale of 1.5 cm to 3 m. On the blueprint, the length of one wall is 8 cm. If w represents the length of the actual wall, what is w?

4 answers

each 1.5 cm represents 3m

So, how many times bigger is 8 than 1.5? There will be that many 3m lengths. So, the real length is

8/1.5 * 3
A blueprint for a garage has a scale of 1.5 cm to 3 m. On the blueprint, the length of one wall is 8 cm. If w represents the length of the actual wall, what is w?

A. 4 m
B. 6 m
C. 8 m
D. 16 m
what is the answer
The answer would be 16m