To determine the scale of the model car compared to the actual Formula 1 race car, you can use the following calculation:
- The actual length of the Formula 1 race car is 10 meters.
- The length of the model is 8 centimeters.
First, convert the length of the race car from meters to centimeters:
- 10 meters = 10 × 100 centimeters = 1000 centimeters.
Now, we can find the scale by comparing the model size to the actual size:
Scale = Length of actual car / Length of model Scale = 1000 cm / 8 cm Scale = 125
This means the scale is 125:1, or for every 125 cm of the actual car, there is 1 cm of the model.
To find a suitable way to express this:
1.25 meters (which is 125 cm) to 1 centimeter is the right expression.
So the scale of the model car is 1.25 meters to 1 centimeter.