Question

Algebra 1

C.7 Scale drawings: word problems 837
Cara made a scale drawing of a house and its lot. The scale she used was
2 millimeters : 1 meter. The lawn in the backyard is 48 millimeters in the drawing. How wide
is the actual lawn?
meters
Submit

Answer 1

The actual wide of the lawn is 24 meters

Explanation:

we know that

The scale drawing is

`(2)/(1)(mm)/(m)`

using proportion

Find out how wide is the actual lawn if the lawn is 48 millimeters in the drawing

Let

x -----> the actual wide of the lawn

`(2)/(1)(mm)/(m)=(48)/(x)(mm)/(m)\\\\x=48/2\\\\x=24\ m`

therefore

The actual wide of the lawn is 24 meters