Mrs. Hanger is painting the following picture of an H to hang in the entryway of her home. She has made the following scale drawing as her model. The scale used on the drawing is 1:6.
5 in.
1 in.
4 in.
As you can see, the "H" is going to be painted brick red in the center of a rectangular beige background. This means the
distance from the "H" to the top of the picture will be the same as the distance from the "H" to the bottom of the picture.
Similarly, the distance from the "H" to the left side of the picture will be the same as the distance from the "H" to the right
side of the picture. Finally, each segment of the "H" will have the same width.
1. What is the actual width of the painting?
inches
2. What is the actual height of the painting?
inches
3. On the scale drawing, the top edge of the "H" is inches from the top edge of the drawing. What is the actual
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height of the "H"?
inches
4. What is the actual width of the "H" (through the center)?
inches
5. What is the actual distance from the left edge of the painting to the left edge of the "H"?
inches