Question

tori made a scale drawing of an italian restaurant. the restaurants kitchen is 2 millimeters long in the drawing. the actual kitchen is 16 meters long. what scale did tori use for the drawing? 1 millimeter : meters

Explanation:

Step1: Set up proportion

Let the scale be 1 millimeter : $x$ meters. We know that 2 millimeters in the drawing represents 16 meters in actual. So, $\frac{1}{x}=\frac{2}{16}$.

Step2: Solve the proportion

Cross - multiply: $2x = 16$. Then divide both sides by 2, $x=\frac{16}{2}=8$.

Answer:

8