Question

You are making a scale model of your house. Your bedroom is 10'x8'. In your scale model, it will be the longer side of the bedroom will be 3 inches. How big will the shorter side be?

Answer 1

Answer:

2.4 inches

Step-by-step explanation:

Actual Dimension of bedroom = 10' * 8'

In the model ; longer side = 3 inches

Length of shorter side in the model ;

Longer side of actual bedroom = 10'

Scale factor * length = model length

Scale factor * 10 = 3

Scale factor = 3/10

Hence, length of shorter side :

Scale factor * actual length of shorter side

3/10 * 8

24 / 10

= 2.4 inches