Question

On Sandy's scale drawing of the school campus, 2 inches equals 8 yards. The distance between the swings and the track is 10 inches on the drawing, and the distance between the track and the basketball court is 4 inches on the drawing. How much farther is the track from the swings than from the basketball court, in actual distance?

Answer 1

distance between swings and track is 10 in
10 ÷2 = 5
5 × 8 = 40 yards
the distance between track and backed ball court is 4 in
4 ÷ 2 = 2
2 × 8 = 16 yards.
Subtract the two totals.
40 - 16 = 24 yards.
The track 24 more yards than the swing