Question

Nate measured an apartment and made a scale drawing. The living room is 2 millimeters long in the drawing. The actual living room is 10 meters long. What scale factor does the drawing use?

Simplify your answer and write it as a ratio, using a colon.

Answer 1

If 2 millimeters is 10 meters long then that means that 1 millimeter is 5 meters long the ratio would be 1;5 (millimeters to meters)