Question

The greenhouse club is purchasing seed for the lawn in the school courtyard. The club needs to determine how much to buy. Unfortunately, the club meets after school, and students are unable to find a custodian to unlock the door. Anthony suggests they just use his school map to calculate the area that will need to be covered in seed. He measures the rectangular area on the map and finds the length to be 10 inches and the width to be 6 inches. The map notes the scale of 1 inch representing 7 feet in the actual courtyard. What is the actual area in square feet?

Answer 1

The answer is 2940ft^2

Step-by-step explanation

First convert length and width to feet using the value given (7ft=1inch).

`10*7= 70`

`6*7= 42`

Multiply these values for the actual area.

`42*70= 2940`

The actual area of the lawn is 2940ft^2