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Patty made a scale drawing of a park using a scale of in.=45ft. The table below shows the side lengths in her drawing. Jamie uses Patty's drawing to make a different scale of 2 in.= 35ft. Which value is one of the side lengths o Jamie's drawing?

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Answer: A scale is a ratio of the size of the representation (such as a drawing) to the size of the real-world object being represented. In this case, Patty's drawing uses a scale of 1 inch = 45 feet, and Jamie's drawing uses a scale of 2 inches = 35 feet.

In order to find the side length of Jamie's drawing of one of the side length we need to use a proportion:

Jamie's side length / Patty's side length = Jamie's scale / Patty's scale

So if we know one of the side length of Patty's drawing we can find the side length of Jamie's drawing. Let's assume that the side length of Patty's drawing is x

x / Jamie's side length = 45 / 35

So we can isolate Jamie's side length by multiplying both sides by Jamie's scale of 35ft/2 inches

Jamie's side length = (x*35)/45

This is the length of one side length in Jamie's drawing using the scale of 2 inches = 35 feet. If you don't have the length of one side in patty's drawing you can't find the side length of Jamie's drawing.

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