Brennan drew a scale drawing of a campsite. He used the scale 2 inches : 3 feet. If the tent is 8 inches long in the drawing, how long is the actual tent?

Question

feet

Answer 1

To find the actual length of the tent, we need to use the given scale.

The scale is 2 inches : 3 feet.

If the length of the tent in the drawing is 8 inches, we can set up the proportion:

2 inches / 3 feet = 8 inches / x feet

Cross-multiplying, we get:

2x = 3 * 8
2x = 24
x = 24 / 2
x = 12

Therefore, the actual length of the tent is 12 feet.