Question

Avery made a scale drawing of a restaurant. She used the scale 1 inch : 3 feet. In the drawing, a table in the restaurant is 2 inches long. What is the length of the actual table? ___ feet

Answer 1

The ratio original table to drawing table is

$\text{ratio}=\frac{3\text{ f}eet}{1\text{ inch}}$

Since the drawing table is 2 inches long, the actual table has

$2inches\times\frac{3\text{ feet}}{\text{1 inche}}=6\text{ f}eet$

Then, What is the length of the actual table? 6 feet