A model is made of a car. The car is 9 feet long and the model is 6 inches long. What is the ratio of the length of the car to the length of the model?

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anonymous · Answer

What are your options.

anonymous · Answer

18 : 1
1 : 18
9 : 6
6 : 9                                                                                                                          
but I also want to know how to do it :p

anonymous · Answer

The ration is 6:9 because it is six inches per nine feet. 

If you 23 feet and 9  inches your ratio would be 9:23. 
I am not 100 percent sure why but the number that is not the original goes first.