Question

this picture is a scale drawing of a basketball court and 1 inch on the picture represents 15 feet of actual length. the dementions of the scale drawing are 2 inches to 1 2/3 inches what is the area of the scale drawing

Answer 1

If one inch represents 15 feet, then:

2 inches represent:
2 * 15 = 30 feet

1 2/3 inches represent:
1 2/3 * 15 =
= 5/3 * 15 =
= 75/3 =
= 25 feet

So the real area of the court is 30 * 25 = 750 square feet.