Question

Javier drew a scale drawing of a neighborhood park. The scale of the drawing was 2 inches : 9 yards. The actual width of a soccer field in the park is 63 yards. How wide is the field in the drawing?

inches?

Answer 1

The width of the soccer field in the drawing is 14 inches.

Step-by-step explanation:

The scale of the drawing is 2 inches: 9 yards. To find the width of the soccer field in the drawing, we can set up a proportion.

Let x represent the width of the field in the drawing. We can set up the proportion: 2 inches / x = 9 yards / 63 yards.

Cross-multiplying, we get: 2 inches * 63 yards = x * 9 yards.

Simplifying, we have 126 inches = 9x.

Dividing both sides by 9, we find that x = 14 inches.

So, the width of the soccer field in the drawing is 14 inches.