Question

David made a scale drawing of an Olympic-sized pool the pool is 20.5 in long and the drawing that I can shoot pool is 164 ft long what is the correct scale of the drawing

Answer 1

1.8

Explanation:

Answer 2

`Scale = 1\ in : 8\ ft`

Explanation:

Given

`Scale\ Measurement = 20.5in`

`Actual\ Measurement = 164ft`

Required

Determine the scale

The scale is calculated using the following ratio:

`Scale = Scale\ Measurement : Actual\ Measurement;`

Substitute values for Scale and Actual Measurements

`Scale = 20.5\ in : 164\ ft`

Divide ratio by 20.5

`Scale = 20.5/20.5\ in : 164/20.5\ ft`

`Scale = 1\ in : 8\ ft`

This implies that: 1 inch on scale represents 8 ft in actual measurement