Question

Tyrone makes a scale drawing of his backyard. The scale from the backyard to the drawing is 2 ft to 1 in. The width of the patio on the drawing is 8 in. What is the width of Tyrone's actual patio? Show your work

Answer 1

The width of Tyrone's actual patio is 16 feet

Explanation:

`(2ft)/(1in)` =
`(x)/(8)` If we look at what we know, we see that the scale tells us that 1 inch is proportional to 2 ft. What do we need to multiple 1 inch by to get 8 inches? 8. So, we multiply 2 feet by 8 to get the actual size of the patio which is 16 feet.