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Allie measured a house and its lot and made a scale drawing. She used the scale 9 inches = 5 feet. What scale factor does the drawing use

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Answer:

Therefore the scale used is 1 inch : 6.667 inches

Step-by-step explanation:

i) Scale used is 9 inches = 5 feet

ii) Scale used 9 inches = 5 [tex]\times[/tex] 12 inches = 60 inches

iii) Scale used is 1 inch  [tex]= \dfrac{60}{9}\hspace{0.2cm} = \hspace{0.2cm}\dfrac{20}{3} \hspace{0.2cm} = 6.667\hspace{0.2cm} inches[/tex]

iv) Therefore the scale used is 1 inch : 6.667 inches