5. A scale drawing of an elephant shows the animal as 6 inches high and 10.8 inches long. The scale used for the drawing was 3 in.:5 ft. What are the height and length of the actual elephant?

We know that the height of the model is 6 inches, and we know that 3in=5ft. To find the height of the real thing we need to find out how many times 3 can fit into 6 which is 2 times. Multiply 2 by 5 to get 10, which is the height for the real elephant.

To find the length, we follow the same steps. First find out how many times 3 fits into 10.8, which is 3.6 times. Then multiply 3.6 by 5 to find the height which is 18ft.

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5. A scale drawing of an elephant shows the animal as 6 inches high and 10.8 inches long. The scale used for the drawing was 3 in.:5 ft. What are the height and length of the actual elephant?​

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5. A scale drawing of an elephant shows the animal as 6 inches high and 10.8 inches long. The scale used for the drawing was 3 in.:5 ft. What are the height and length of the actual elephant?