Question

A rectangular swimming pool measures 50 meters in length and 25 meters in width.If you made a scale drawing of the swimming pool where 1 centimeter represents 5 meters, the length of your drawing would be 10 cm, and the width would be 5 cm.Draw a sketch of the swimming pool, using the scale 1 cm to 5 m.

Answer 1

The scale drawing of the swimming pool measures 10 cm in length and 5 cm in width

How to Interpret a Scale Drawing?

The length of a rectangular swimming pool = 50 meters

The width of the swimming pool = 25 meters

Scale is 1 centimeter = 5 meters

Then length of Scale drawing = 50/5 = 10 centimeters

The width of scale drawing = 25/5 = 5 centimeters

Therefore, the scale drawing of the swimming pool measures 10 cm in length and 5 cm in width as shown in the attached file