Question

You are designing a birdhouse. You would like this birdhouse to look like a miniature version of the house you live in. You plan to use a scale factor so that the ratio between the birdhouse and your house is 1":36".
If the height of the birdhouse will be 5", what is the height of the house you live in?

Convert your answer to feet and inches. Recall that 12 inches is equal to 1 foot.

Answer 1

You multiple 5 by 36 in which gives you 180 in.

Next you convert the inch into feet by dividing 180 by 12 since 12 in equal to 1 feet.

This gives an answer of 15 feet.