Question

the students gave their school a gift of an american flag that measures 30 ft by 50 ft. They wanted to make a scale drawing of the flag to place on a plaque acknowledging the gift. What would the dimensions of the flag on the plaque be if it were made to a scale of 10 in = 1 in

Answer 1

Therefore drawing of the flag to place on the plaque will be 3 ft by 5 feet.

Explanation:

i) length of flag = 50 feet = 50
`*` 12 inches = 600 inches

ii) Using a scale of 10 inches = 1 inch to scale down the flag the length of the scale drawing will be
`(600)/(10)` = 60 inches =
`(60)/(12)` = 5 feet

iii) length of flag = 30 feet = 30
`*` 12 inches = 360 inches

iv) Using a scale of 10 inches = 1 inch to scale down the flag the length of the scale drawing will be
`(360)/(10)` = 36 inches =
`(36)/(12)` = 3 feet

Therefore drawing of the flag to place on the plaque will be 3 ft by 5 feet.