What is the ratio? (tough one !!!!)?

Question

On an N-gauge model train set, a tank car is 3.75 inches long. An actual tank car is 50 feet long. What is the ratio of the length of the actual car to the length of the model tank car?

Answer 1

convert to the same units:

3.75= .3125 ft

50 : .3125 =

160:1

the real car is 160 times the length of the model.

Answer 2

50'x12=600" divide by 3.75" = 160

Therefore ratio is 1:160

Answer 3

I'm not sure what is so tough about it, the math is pretty simple, you already have several correct answers. Perhaps you are in the UK where N gauge model trains are 1:148 scale, but I think for this problem you are expected to use math, not your hobby experience (however, in the US, N gauge is 1:160)

Answer 4

160:1

Answer 5

The real car is a 160 times bigger!