{"id":157161,"date":"2024-10-19T17:29:25","date_gmt":"2024-10-19T17:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=157161"},"modified":"2024-10-19T17:29:28","modified_gmt":"2024-10-19T17:29:28","slug":"megan-creates-a-scale-drawing-of-a-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/19\/megan-creates-a-scale-drawing-of-a-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Megan creates a scale drawing of a car"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Megan creates a scale drawing of a car. The ratio of her scale drawing length to actual car<br>length is 3 cm: 2 m. The length of the car in her drawing is 6 cm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ivan draws a scale drawing of the same car. His ratio of scale drawing length to actual car<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>length is 2 cm :1 m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is the length of the car in Ivan&#8217;s scale drawing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\"><strong>The Correct Answer and Explanation is :<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To find the length of the car in Ivan&#8217;s scale drawing, we need to establish the relationship between the lengths in the scale drawings and the actual length of the car based on their respective ratios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 1: Understand Megan&#8217;s Scale Drawing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Megan&#8217;s ratio of scale drawing length to actual car length is given as (3 \\text{ cm} : 2 \\text{ m}). This means for every 3 cm in her drawing, the actual length of the car is 2 m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We can convert the actual length from meters to centimeters for easier comparison. Since 1 m equals 100 cm, 2 m becomes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[<br>2 \\text{ m} = 2 \\times 100 \\text{ cm} = 200 \\text{ cm}<br>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, we can express the relationship in the following way:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[<br>\\frac{\\text{Drawing length}}{\\text{Actual length}} = \\frac{3 \\text{ cm}}{200 \\text{ cm}}<br>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 2: Find the Actual Length of the Car<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the problem, the length of the car in Megan&#8217;s drawing is 6 cm. Using the ratio we established:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[<br>\\frac{6 \\text{ cm}}{\\text{Actual length}} = \\frac{3 \\text{ cm}}{200 \\text{ cm}}<br>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To find the actual length, we can set up a proportion:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[<br>6 \\text{ cm} \\cdot 200 \\text{ cm} = 3 \\text{ cm} \\cdot \\text{Actual length}<br>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Calculating this gives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[<br>1200 \\text{ cm} = 3 \\cdot \\text{Actual length}<br>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dividing both sides by 3:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[<br>\\text{Actual length} = \\frac{1200 \\text{ cm}}{3} = 400 \\text{ cm}<br>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 3: Understand Ivan&#8217;s Scale Drawing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ivan&#8217;s ratio of scale drawing length to actual car length is (2 \\text{ cm} : 1 \\text{ m}). Converting 1 m to cm gives us:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[<br>1 \\text{ m} = 100 \\text{ cm}<br>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So Ivan&#8217;s ratio is (2 \\text{ cm} : 100 \\text{ cm}), which simplifies to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[<br>\\frac{2 \\text{ cm}}{100 \\text{ cm}} = \\frac{1}{50}<br>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 4: Calculate the Length of Ivan&#8217;s Drawing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using the same proportion method as before, we can set up the relationship for Ivan:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[<br>\\frac{\\text{Drawing length}}{400 \\text{ cm}} = \\frac{2 \\text{ cm}}{100 \\text{ cm}}<br>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Setting this up as a proportion:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[<br>\\text{Drawing length} \\cdot 100 = 2 \\cdot 400<br>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Calculating gives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[<br>\\text{Drawing length} \\cdot 100 = 800<br>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[<br>\\text{Drawing length} = \\frac{800}{100} = 8 \\text{ cm}<br>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The length of the car in Ivan&#8217;s scale drawing is <strong>8 cm<\/strong>. This solution illustrates how to apply ratios to find corresponding lengths in scale drawings, emphasizing the importance of unit conversion and proportional reasoning in practical applications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Megan creates a scale drawing of a car. The ratio of her scale drawing length to actual carlength is 3 cm: 2 m. The length of the car in her drawing is 6 cm. Ivan draws a scale drawing of the same car. 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