Question

Part 1

A scale drawing of a rectangular park is 5 inches wide and 7 inches long. The actual park is 250 yards long. How many yards is the length of the park?


Part 2

Use your answer from part 1 to solve the following problem.


A scale drawing of a rectangular park is 5 inches wide and 7 inches long. The actual park is 250 yards long. What is the area of the actual park?


someone please anwser ASAP its due today

Answer 1

Part 1

If the actual park is 250 yards LONG, I think it means that its LENGTH is also 250 yards

Part 2

It's a proportion:

5=x

7=250

5*250:7=178.6 yards

The area is 178.6 yards wide and 250 yards long

Explanation: