On a 1/5 scale drawing of a car, one part is 8 inches long. How long will the actual car part be?
Let the actual part of the car be x.
set up the proportion 1/5 = x/8
Cross multiply to find x and you get 5x=8
divide each side of the equation by 5 to get x alone
x=8/5=1.6
8 x 5= 40
other answer is wrong its 40
