Question

On Sandy's scale drawing of the school campus, 3 inches equals 6 yards. The distance between the swings and the track is 15 inches on the drawing, and the distance between the track and the basketball court is 6 inches on the drawing. How much farther is the track from the swings than from the basketball court, in actual distance?

Answer 1

The scale presented is that 3 inches = 6 yards.
In the drawing, the distance of
Swing to Track = 15 inches
Track to Basketball Court = 6 inches

The actual distance of swing to track is
= 15 in / 3 in * 6 yards
= 30 yards.

The actual distance of Track to basketball court is
= 6 in / 3 in * 6 yards
= 12 yards.

Difference = 30 yards - 12 yards
Difference = 18 yards

The track to swing is 18 yards further than track to basketball court.