Question

John needs to make a scale drawing of his school building for art class. If the building is 256.25 meters long, and John scales it down using a ratio of 25 meters to 1 inch, how long will the building be in the sketch?

Answer 1

So we want to know how long will the scale drowing of the building be if the building is 265.25m long and the scale is 1 inch on the drawing is equal to 25 meters of the building. To find the answer lets scale the building. If the real length of the building is 256.25 meters, then the number of inches will be: 256.25/25=10.25 inches.