Paul's car is 12 feet long. He is making a model of his car that is 1/7 the actual size. What is the length of the model?

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Answer:

2 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

The model is  the actual size. This means that for every 6 feet measured on the actual car, the model will span 1 foot.

Note that the model length is in the numerator and the actual length is in the denominator.

Thus, if the car is 12 feet long and L represents the length of the model, then write the ratio as .

Set the two ratios equal to each other to obtain the proportion below.

The length of the model is given below.

Therefore, the length of the model is  feet.