Marshall measured a house and made a scale drawing. He used the scale 7 millimeters : 4 meters. The garage is 8 meters wide in real life. How wide is the garage in the drawing?

Question

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Answer 1

To find the width of the garage in the drawing, we can set up a proportion:

7 millimeters / 4 meters = x millimeters / 8 meters

Cross multiplying, we have:

4x = 7 * 8

4x = 56

Dividing both sides by 4:

x = 56 / 4

x = 14

Therefore, the width of the garage in the drawing is 14 millimeters.