Question

The area of the scale model of a playground is 6 square yards. The scale model is enlarged by a scale factor of 3 to create the actual playground. What is the area of the actual playground?

A: 18 square feet
B:54 square feet
C: 108 square feet
D: 324 square feet

Answer 1

the answer will be b.

54

Answer 2

B: 54 square feet

Explanation:

There are 3 feet in 1 yard. The scale model is 6 square yards.

Multiply 6 by 3 to get the amount of square yards.

There are 18 square yards in the actual playground.

Since there are 3 feet in a yard, multiply 18 by 3.

This gives you your answer:

54 square feet