A model car has a scale of 1:24. If the actual car is 120 inches long, how long is the scale model?

Question

A model car has a scale of 1:24. If the actual car is 120 inches long, how long is the scale model?

Answer 1

for every inch in the model, it is a 24 inch in the actual

so if the length of the actual car is 120 inches, then the length of the model is 120/24 = 5 inches