Question

Tiffany sketched a picture of a car she used the scale 2 inches : 12 feet the car in her sketch is 8 inches long what is the length in feet of the actual car

Answer 1

Answer:

The actual length of car is 48 feet.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Tiffany sketched a picture of a car she used the scale 2 inches : 12 feet.

In her sketch the car is 8 inches long.

Now, to find the length in feet of the actual car.

Let the actual length of car in feet be $x\ feet.$

And the length of car in her sketch is 8 inches.

So, the ratio of the scale used by Tiffany as given is 2 inches : 12 feet.

Now, to get the actual length of car by using cross multiplication method:

$\frac{2\ inches}{12\ feet} =\frac{8\ inches}{x\ feet}$

⇒ $\frac{2}{12} =\frac{8}{x}$

By cross multiplying we get:

⇒ $2x=96$

Dividing both sides by 2 we get:

⇒ $48=x$

⇒ $x=48\ feet.$

Therefore, the actual length of car is 48 feet.