Which proportion can be used to find the height of the statue in Brian’s drawing?

Question

Brian made a scale drawing of a statue. In his scale, 2 inches = 3 feet The height of the actual statue was 12 feet tall. Which proportion can be used to find the height of the statue in Brian’s drawing?

Answer 1

2 inches / 3 feet

equals

? / 12 feet

Solving via equal rations, the proprtion is multiplied by 4.

so the statue is 8 inches on the model

Solving via cross multiplciation:

2 * 12 = 3 * ?

24 = 3 * ?

? = 8