Question

what is the set up for a scale model

Answer 1

Depends upon what you are modeling but in general use a smaller measurement to represent a larger one. For example, is you want to model a room in your house, you might use 1 in on the paper represents 1 foot in the house.

Answer 2

ok the problem was a scale model if a house is 18 inches wide the actual house is 48 feet wide
find the scale of the model

Answer 3

Divide 48 by 18 that will give you the number of inches that represent 1 foot. That is, it will give you inches per foot

Answer 4

If you want feet per inch, then divide 48 by 18

Answer 5

oh okay \[48\div18=2.66667\] technically thats what 48/18 is

Answer 6

like that?