Kenneth drew a scale drawing of an arcade. An air hockey table, which is 10 feet long in real life, is 5 inches long in the drawing. What scale did Kenneth use?

Answer 1

The scale can be found by dividing the length of the air hockey table in real life by the length of the air hockey table in the drawing.

Scale = length in real life / length in the drawing

Scale = 10 feet / 5 inches

First convert all measurements to the same units (in this case, inches):

Scale = (10 feet) * (12 inches/foot) / 5 inches

Scale = 120 inches / 5 inches

Scale = 24

Therefore, Kenneth used a scale of 24 for his drawing.