Question

The scale is shown in the lower right corner. Find the actual side lengthsof Lafayette Square in feet.

Answer 1

We have a scale drawing of the square. We have to use this scale to find its actual dimensions.

To to that, we should use a ruler to see the dimensions in the drawing. Then, we compare this length to the scale in order to scale it to the actual length.

In this case, as we only have a digital picture, we will replicate the scale across both the length and the width of the square to estimate the actual measures of the square:

Each segment correspond to 50 ft. We then can count how many segments are in each side length.

The width of the square includes approximately 14 segments, so we can estimate its measure as:

`14\text{ segments}\cdot\frac{50ft}{\text{segment}}=700ft`

In the same way, we can estimate the length (6 segments approximately) as:

`6\cdot50=300ft`

Answer:

The dimensions of the square are 700 ft by 300 ft approximately.