Question

anice works at a cell phone company. She wants to make a presentation to her team about the features of a new phone. She makes a scale drawing of the phone using a scale of 1 inch to 0.5 centimeter. The length of the scaled drawing is 28 inches, and its width is 15 inches. What are the actual dimensions of the phone?

Answer 1

If 1 inch represents 0.5 centimeter, then 28 inches will represent 28 * 0.5 = 14 centimeters and 15 inches will represent 15 * 0.5 = 7.5 centimeters.
The actual dimensions of the phone is: the length is 14 centimeters and the width is 7.5 centimeters.