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A park district is building an outdoor tennis court based on a scale drawing that measures 30 cm long by 13.75 cm and uses the scale 1 cm:0.8 m. What is the area of the actual tennis court in square meters?

User AunAun
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The actual area of the tennis court is 264 m²

First use the scale to find the actual dimensions of the court:

1 cm : 0.8m

30 cm in the drawing would be:

= 0.8 x 30

= 24 m outside

13.75cm in the drawing would be:

= 0.8 x 13.75

= 11 m outside

Area of a rectangle (which is what the dimensions resemble):

= Length x width

= 24 x 11

= 264 m²

In conclusion, the area of the tennis court is 264 m²

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