Question

Michelle drew a scale drawing of a swimming pool she used the scale 14 millimeters 5 meters in the drawing the pool is 42 millimeters wide what is the width of the actual pool

Answer 1

EXPLANATION

Let's see the facts:

The scale is---> 14 milimeters ----> 5 meters

Width = 42 milimeters

Applying the unitary method, the actual width of the pool is:

`Actual_{}width=42\text{ mm}\cdot\frac{5m}{14\text{ mm}}=15m`

The width of the pool is 15m