Question

a scale drawing is 5 inches wide and 7 inches long the actual park is 280 yards long. what is the area of the area of the actual park, in square yards

Answer 1

Because, the actual length is 280 yards and the scaled down length is 7 yards, you would want to find:

280 / 7 = 40

Since 40 is the scale, multiply:

40 x 5 = 200

To get the scaled up width of the park

Now, since you want to find the Area (A) of the actual park, you have to multiply the length • width

So, 280yds • 200yds

The Area of the park is:
56,000 yards