7/y....the coefficient of y is 1
any time u have a variable by itself, whether it is x or y or any letter, the coefficient is gonna be 1
The actual is 60 feet long, the drawing is only 1 foot long. So the scale factor must be 1/60. You know that the scale factor has to be less than one in this case because you're going from a bigger measurement to a smaller measurement(60 to 1).
Well think of it like this. lets say your teacher made you do this problem -48 - 10. I would just act like 48 is not an negative and add 10. After that I would put the negative back. So the answer would be -58. :P
I ussually think of them as arrows telling me where to go.
if it is > you go ----->
if it is < you go <------
