On a 1/5 scale drawing of a car, one part is 8inches long. How long will the actual car part be?

Mathematics · Middle School · Thu Feb 04 2021

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Given the statement:

On a 1/5 scale drawing of a car, one part is 8inches long.

Determine the length of the actual car part.

Solution:

Since it said that the drawing scale is 1/5 more than the actual car part, we can determine the actual car part by dividing the drawing with 1/5 or 0.2

1/5
= 0.2

= 8/0.2 inches

= 40 inches

Final answer:

The actual car part is 40 inches long.