MATH THIS IS MY MATH

Question

Josh measured a game room and made a scale drawing. The pool table is 2 inches long in the drawing. The actual pool table is 6 feet long. What scale did Josh use for the drawing?

Answer 1

The scale will be the ratio of actual to drawing size.

For this situation, the actual length is 72 inches (equal to 6 feet) and the drawing length is 2 inches.

The scale of the drawing will be 72 to 2 or 36 to 1.