Question

Jeffrey made a scale drawing of a house and its lot. He used the scale 7 inches : 4 feet. If the actual width of the backyard is 48 feet, how wide is the yard in the drawing?

Answer 1

12

Explanation:

Jeffrey made scale drawings of the house a lot

He used a scale of 7 inches: 4 feet

The actual width of the backyard is 48

Therefore the width of the backyard in the drawing is

= 48/4

= 12