Question

Kiara measured a swimming pool and made a scale drawing. The scale she used was 13 centimeters : 6 meters. In the drawing, the pool is 26 centimeters wide. What is the width of the actual pool?

Answer 1

The width of the actual pool is 156 meters.

Given the scale used in the drawing is 13 centimeters : 6 meters, we can use this ratio to convert the width of the pool in the drawing to the actual width of the pool.

width (actual) = (width (drawing) / 13 cm) * 6 meters
width (actual) = (26 cm / 13 cm) * 6 meters = 2 * 6 meters = 12 meters

So the actual width of the pool is 156 meters