Covert this drawing so a scale of 1 box = 6 inches. The length of the box shown on the scale is 8 boxes. The other length is 4 boxes. What will the new length be in the length in boxes of the new drawing? The answer is NOT 16.

Answer 1

To convert the drawing to a scale of 1 box = 6 inches, we need to multiply the original lengths by 6.

The length of the box shown on the scale is 8 boxes, so the new length of that box would be 8 * 6 = 48 inches.

Similarly, the other length is 4 boxes, so the new length of that box would be 4 * 6 = 24 inches.

Therefore, the new lengths in the drawing, measured in boxes of the new scale, would be 48/6 = 8 boxes and 24/6 = 4 boxes.

So the correct answer is 8, not 16.