Final answer:
The actual picnic area is 49 yards wide, which is determined by multiplying the scale drawing width of 7 inches by the scale factor of 7 yards per inch.
Step-by-step explanation:
The student's question is about converting a measurement on a scale drawing to an actual measurement.
To find out how wide the actual picnic area is, you need to multiply the width on the drawing by the scale factor.
The scale given is 1 inch : 7 yards.
Since the drawing shows the area as 7 inches wide, you calculate the actual width by doing the following multiplication: 7 inches × 7 yards/inch = 49 yards.
So, the actual picnic area is 49 yards wide.