Question

Maggie makes a scale drawing of a deck. The scale for the actual deck to the scale drawing is 7 ft to 1 in. The

dimensions of the deck are: 28 ft (Wide) by 17.5 ft (Tall). What is the WIDTH of the deck in the drawing?

Answer 1

The width is 2.5 inches

Explanation:

Here, we want to state the width of the deck in the drawing given the scale for the actual scale to the scale drawing.

The given ratio is 7 ft to 1 in

Now we will have 17.5 to x in

x * 7 = 17.5 * 1

7x = 17.5

x = 17.5/7

x = 2.5 inches