A model is made of a car. The car is 8 feet long and the model is 10 inches long. What is the ratio of the length of the car to the length of the model?

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anonymous · Answer

Well I would think the first step is to get both numbers with the right label. So how many inches are in a foot?

anonymous · Answer

12in.

anonymous · Answer

48:5 
 10:8 
 5:48 
 8:10 
This are my choices

anonymous · Answer

Correct, and you have 8 feet, so take $$12\times8= ? inches$$

anonymous · Answer

Okay except I'm not going to just outright tell you the answer..I want you to know how I did it so you can maybe do it on your own next time :)