What is the scale factor of 2 inches equals 4 feet?

Answer 1

Convert to the same units and simplify by dropping the units and dividing the numbers by all comon factors until the only common factor is 1.

1 ft = 12 in

→ 2 in : 4ft

= 2 in : 4 × 12 in

= 2 in : 48 in

= 2 : 48

= 1 : 24

2 in to 4 ft is the same as a scale of 1 to 24.

Answer 2

4 inches = 2 feet = 2 x 12 = 24 inches

Therefore 1 inch scale = 24 ÷ 4 = 6 inches actual

The scale is 1:6

Answer 3

It is: 2/48 or 1 to 24 in its simplest form