Question

Abigail drew a scale drawing of the oldest house in her town. The actual house is 64 feet long. Abigail's scale drawing is 8 inches long. What scale did Abigail use to draw the house? 8 inches equal 1 foot 8 inches equal 18 foot 1 inch equals 18 foot 1 inch equals 8 feet

Answer 1

Answer:

1 inch equals 8 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that;

Abigail drew a scale drawing of the oldest house in her town.

The actual  length of the house = 64 feet long

Abigail scale drawing =  8 inches long

The scale he used in drawing the house is determined by choosing a perfect scale:

i.e

If 8 inches is used to draw an actual length of a house which is 64 feet long,

Then 1 inch should be able to draw (64 feet * 1 inch)/ 8 inches

So, 1 inch should be able to draw 8 feet long

Answer 2

The scale used to draw the given house is required.

The scale used to draw the diagram is 1 inch equals 8 feet.

Scale diagrams

Actual length of the house = 64 feet

Scale drawing length = 8 inches

So,

$64\ \text{feet}=8\ \text{inches}$

Now, the inches to feet is required.

So, we divide both sides with 8.

$\dfrac{64}{8}\ \text{feet}=\dfrac{8}{8}\ \text{inches}\\\Rightarrow 8\ \text{feet}=1\ \text{inch}$

So, 1 inch in the diagram is 8 feet of actual length.

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