Question

Albert made a scale drawing of a house and its lot. The scale of the drawing was 6 centimeters = 7 meters. What scale factor does the drawing use?Simplify your answer and write it as a ratio, using a colon.

Answer 1

ANSWER

6:700

EXPLANATION

1 meter is equivalent to 100 centimeters. The scale factor is,

$\frac{6cm}{7m}\cdot\frac{1m}{100\operatorname{cm}}=\frac{6}{700}$

As a ratio, 6:700