Question

Michael received a Grant to make a community garden. He makes a scale drawing of his vision for the garden. Michael's drawing shows the layout of 9 raised garden beds of the same size. The scale from his drawing to the actual garden is 2cm for ever 1ft. What is the actual area of one of the garden beds?

Answer 1

• 32 ft²

Explanation:

Scale factor

• 2 cm to 1 ft

Size of each garden bed on the drawing

• 8 cm by 16 cm

Actual size

• 8cm = 4*2 cm ⇔ 4 ft
• 16 cm = 8*2m ⇔ 8 ft

Area of one garden bed

• 4 ft * 8 ft = 32 ft²