The height of a building on a blueprint is 10 in. Its actual height is 150 ft. What is the scale of the drawing?
What ratio can you use to find the scale?
How can finding the GCF help you to simplify your answer?

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The height of a building on a blueprint is 10 in. Its actual height is 150 ft. What is the scale of the drawing? 
What ratio can you use to find the scale?
How can finding the GCF help you to simplify your answer?

nikato · Answer

Put it as a fraction

10in/ 150f
And then u can simplify this ratio if u can find the GCF

anonymous · Answer

Im still not understanding the scale of the drawing is the scale 10 in : 150 ft. ? and the the ratio to find the scale take 10/150 ?

nikato · Answer

Well. When u find a ratio, u want it to be in simplest form. To make it easier, just ignore the units for now

Can u just simplify the fraction 10/150

anonymous · Answer

1/15

nikato · Answer

Yes, so the ratio is 1 in: 15 ft

nikato · Answer

Which means every inch on the blueprint= 15 feet in real life

anonymous · Answer

Thank You

nikato · Answer

Ur welcome