Question

Tiana drew a scale drawing of a picnic area near the river. She used the scale 1 inch : 7 yards. If the picnic area is 7 inches wide in the drawing, how wide is the actual picnic area?

Answer 1

According to the given scale, 1 inch in the drawing represents 7 yards in reality.

If the picnic area is 7 inches wide in the drawing, then the actual width of the picnic area can be found by multiplying the drawing width by the scale factor:

Actual width = Drawing width x Scale factor
Actual width = 7 inches x 7 yards/inch
Actual width = 49 yards

Therefore, the actual width of the picnic area is 49 yards.