Question

Question 61

State whether the following statement is True or False.

The actual width of a storeroom is 280 cm. If the scale chosen to make its drawing is 1 : 7, then the width of the room in the drawing will be 40 cm.

Answer 1

True
Actual width of a store room = 280 cm
Given, scale = 1 : 7
Width of the room in the drawing will be = Actual Size $\times$ Scale $[\because scale=\frac{sizedrawing}{actualsize}]=280\times \frac{1}{7}=\frac{280}{7}=40cm$