Question

of its size What is the scale of the drawingA rectangular garden has dimensions of 100 feet by 10 feet. Next season, the garden is decreased tofor the new garden shown below?in8 inin

Answer 1

The Solution.

The original dimensions of the garden is:

100 ft x 10 ft

When the original dimension is decreased to 2/5 of its original size, we get:

`Length\colon(2)/(5)*100\text{ ft =2}*20=40\text{ ft}`
`\text{Width: }(2)/(5)*10=2*2=4\text{ ft}`

The new dimensions of the garden was presented in a drawing scale as below:

`\text{Length: 8 inches =40 ft}`

This implies that;