Question

A landscape plan includes a rectangular flowers bed that is surrounded the wood in planks. In the drawing, the rectangular flower bed is 4 in. by 5 in. The length and width of the actual flower bed will be 30 times larger than the length and width in the drawing

What is the perimeter of the drawing? Show your work.

What is the perimeter of the actual flower bed? Show your work.

What is the effect on the perimeter of the flower bed with the dimensions are multiplied by 24? Show your work.

Answer 1

The perimeter of the drawing: 18 inches

The perimeter of the actual flower bed: 540 inches

If they were multiplied by 24 instead the actual perimeter of the flower bed would be 432 inches. The effect is that it decreases by 108 inches.

Explanation:

Taking the 4 inches and 5 inches and multiplying them by 30 gets 120 by 150. If its a rectangle we will add together all 4 sides to get the perimeter of the actual one.