Question

Manny drew a picture of a cruise ship that he saw docked at Port Canaveral. He used the scale 1/4 in.: 32ft. If his picture is 9.25 inches long, what is the length, in feet, of the actual cruise ship?

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Answer 1

For this case we can make the following rule of three:
 1/4 in ------> 32 ft
 9.25 in ----> x
 Clearing the value of x we have:
 x = ((9.25) / (1/4)) * (32)
 x = 1184 feet
 Answer:
 The length, in feet, of the current cruise ship is:
 x = 1184 feet