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PLEASE HELP! Mr. Jones is renovating his backyard, which includes extending his patio. The design drawn by his landscaper use a scale of 1 inch=3.5 feet. If the patio is 5 inches long on the diagram and the orginal patio is 9 feet long, by how many feet is he extending it?

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Answer:

8.5 ft I believe

Explanation:

1 in=3.5 ft, so 5in=5(3.5)= 17.5 ft

17.5-9=8.5 ft

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