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This diagram of a rectangular city park was drawn using a scale of 1 centimeter to 20 meters

(In the diagram shown, assume each square on the grid is 1 centimeter in length.)

What is the area, in square meters, of the actual park?

What is the scale factor?

This diagram of a rectangular city park was drawn using a scale of 1 centimeter to-example-1
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The park's actual area is 12,000 square meters, with a scale factor of 20 meters to 1 centimeter in the diagram.

To determine the actual area of the park and the scale factor, we can first calculate the distances between the given coordinates and then use the scale of the drawing.

The length of side AB in the diagram is (7 - 2) cm = 5 cm. Using the scale factor of 1 cm to 20 meters, the actual length of AB is 5 cm * 20 meters/cm = 100 meters.

Similarly, the length of side BC is (8 - 2) cm = 6 cm in the diagram, corresponding to an actual length of 6 cm * 20 meters/cm = 120 meters.

The area of the park can be calculated using the lengths of AB and BC as the base and the height of a rectangle, respectively. The area (A) is given by A = base * height = 100 meters * 120 meters = 12,000 square meters.

The scale factor is the ratio of the actual length to the corresponding length on the diagram. For this park, the scale factor is 20 meters (actual length) to 1 centimeter (length on the diagram).

In summary, the actual area of the park is 12,000 square meters, and the scale factor is 20:1 (meters to centimeters).

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Answer:

Scale factor for the drawing from actual park =
(1)/(20)

Area of the actual park = 1200 cm²

Explanation:

Length of the rectangular city park = 5 cm

Width of the rectangular park = 6 cm

Using scale factor 1 cm = 20 meters

Scale factor =
\frac{\text{length of the park in drawing}}{\text{Actual length of park}}=(1)/(20)


\frac{5}{\text{Actual length of park}}=(1)/(20)

Actual length = 5 × 20 = 100 meters

Actual width = 6 × 20 = 120 meters

Area of the rectangular park = length × width

= 100 × 120

= 1200 square meters

Therefore, Scale factor from actual length to the length in drawing = 1 : 20

Area of the rectangular park = 1200 square feet

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