An architect makes a scale drawing of a house. In real life, the width of the porch is 7 meters. On the drawing, the width is 4 cm. What scale was used for the drawing?

Respuesta :

7 meters : 4 cm = 700 cm: 4 cm (1 meter is 100 centimeters)

175 cm: 1 cm (divide both sides of the proportion by 4)

Answer: The scale drawing is 1/175 of the real life porch

Scale is 1/175