Question

Length of Drawing (cm) 1.07 Length of a Bus and Width of a Lake (part 2) 2. A scale drawing of a lake has a scale of 1 cm to 80 m. Length of Actual Object If the actual width of the lake is 1,000 m, what is the (m) width of the lake on the scale drawing? Fill in the table 80 m with your answer. 1 cm SO 000 cm 1,000 171 Explain your reasoning below. The width is 80000 cm because 80 times 1000 is 80000 Edit my response

Answer 1

Consider the scale drawing of the lake has a scale of 1 cm to 80m.

In order to determine the width on the scale drawing of a lake with a real width of 1,000m, first write all given quantities in cm:

80 m = 100 x 80 cm = 8000cm

1,000m = 100 x 1,000 cm = 100000