Question

A certain blueprint shows two fences. Fence A is 1 1/5 yards long but is 1 4/5 inches long on the blueprint. What is the unit rate for inches per yard on this blueprint? If the fence B is 4 yards long, how long is fence B on the blueprint?

Answer 1

Q1: 3/72

Q2: 6 inches

Explanation:

What is the unit rate for inches per yard on this blueprint?

First convert 1 1/5 yards to inches, so that becomes 216/5 inches.

To keep things consistent, let's convert the 1 4/5 inches to an improper fraction: 9/5 inches.

The question asks for inches per yard, so we substitute in the values:

`((9)/(5) )/((216)/(5) )`

and simplify: 3/72

If fence B is 4 yards long, how long is fence B on the blueprint?

Convert 4 yards to inches (to comply to the ratio above): 144 inches

The ratio is inches to yards, so substitute in the value:

`(3)/(72) = (x)/(144)`

and solve: 6 inches