Question

A local park is in the shape of a square. A map of the local park is made with the scale 1 inch to 200 feet. a) If the park is shown as a square on the map, each side of which is one foot long, how long is each side of the square park?

Answer 1

The length of each side of the square park is 2,400 ft

Explanation:

we know that

The scale is
`(1)/(200)(in)/(ft)`

step 1

Remember that

1 ft=12 in

The length of each side on the map is 1 ft

Convert ft to in

1 ft=1(12)=12 in

step 2

Find the length of each side of the square park

using proportion

Let

x ----> the actual length of each side of the square park

`(1)/(200)(in)/(ft)=(12)/(x)(in)/(ft)\\\\x=200*12\\\\x=2,400\ ft`