Question

A rectangular swimming pool measures 60 meters in length and 30 meters in width. Joey creates a scale drawing of this pool using the scale 5 cm : 12 m. Find the length, width and perimeter of the pool in Joey's scale drawing. Be sure to include units in your answer.

Answer 1

Length = 25cm

Width = 12.5 cm

Perimeter = 75cm

Explanation:

Given that:

Actual measurement of rectangular swimming pool:

Length = 60 m

Width = 30 m

Scale = 5cm : 12 m

dimension of scale drawing

Length = 5/12 * 60 = 25cm

Width = 5/12 * 30 = 12.5cm

Perimeter of Scale drawing :

2(length + Width)

2(25cm + 12.5cm)

2(37.5cm)

= 75cm