Question

7 adela paints a mural of the statue of liberty. she uses the scale 3 ft to 1 ft from the actual statue to the mural. on adela’s mural, how much wider is the statue of liberty’s mouth than her eye? show your work.

Explanation:

Step1: Find actual width - mouth

The actual width of the mouth is 3 ft. Using the scale 3 ft to 1 ft, the width of the mouth on the mural is $\frac{3}{3}=1$ ft.

Step2: Find actual width - eye

The actual width of the eye is $2\frac{1}{2}=\frac{5}{2}$ ft. Using the scale 3 ft to 1 ft, the width of the eye on the mural is $\frac{\frac{5}{2}}{3}=\frac{5}{2}\times\frac{1}{3}=\frac{5}{6}$ ft.

Step3: Calculate difference

Subtract the width of the eye on the mural from the width of the mouth on the mural. $1-\frac{5}{6}=\frac{6 - 5}{6}=\frac{1}{6}$ ft.

Answer:

$\frac{1}{6}$ ft