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Ruben drew a scale drawing of a house and its lot. The backyard is 5 inches wide in the drawing. The actual yard is 20 feet wide. What scale did Ruben use for the Drawing?

1 inch = _____feet

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The answer is 4 feet per inch, 20 dived by 5 = 4
User William Stanley
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5in=20ft
divide both sides by 5
1in=4ft
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