If you are making a scale drawing of a giraffe that is 6m tall, and the height of the giraffe in your drawing is 3 cm, what is the scale of the drawing?

Respuesta :

Answer:   [tex]1\ cm:2\ m[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the information given in the exercise, the actual height of the giraffe is 6 meters:

[tex]Actual\ height=6\ m[/tex]

And in the drawing, the height of the giraffe is 3 centimeters.

Therefore, in order to find the scale of the drawing, you need to write the following ratio in fraction form [tex]\frac{a}{b}[/tex]:

[tex]\frac{3}{6}[/tex]

Finally, you must reduce the fraction. This is:

[tex]\frac{1}{2}[/tex]

Therefore, you can determine that the scale of the drawing is:

 [tex]1\ cm:2\ m[/tex]