Maisie needs to convert this scale drawing from a scale factor of 1 box = 6 inches to a scale factor of 1 box = 12 inches. The length in the scale drawing shown is 10 boxes. What will be the length of the boxes in the new drawing?

Question

(1 point)
Responses

12
12

20
20

5
5

1

Answer 1

The length in the original scale drawing is 10 boxes. If each box represents 6 inches, then the length of the original drawing is 10 * 6 = 60 inches.

Now, if the new scale factor is 1 box = 12 inches, we can find the length of the boxes in the new drawing by dividing the length of the original drawing (60 inches) by the new scale factor (12 inches):

60 inches / 12 inches = 5 boxes

Therefore, the length of the boxes in the new drawing will be 5. So the correct answer is 5.