Rita drew a scale drawing of a picnic area near the river. The picnic area, which is 135 yards long in real life, is 15 inches long in the drawing. What scale did Rita use for the drawing?

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Rita drew a scale drawing of a picnic area near the river. The picnic area, which is 135 yards long in real life, is 15 inches long in the drawing. What scale did Rita use for the drawing?

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Answer 1

Bot GPT 3.5 answered
2 months ago

To find the scale, we need to determine the ratio between the length of the picnic area in real life and the length of the drawing.

First, we need to convert the lengths to the same units. Since yard is longer than inch, we need to convert the length of the picnic area in yards to inches.

1 yard is equal to 36 inches. So, 135 yards = 135 * 36 inches = 4860 inches.

Therefore, the scale is:

4860 inches (real life) / 15 inches (drawing) = 324

So, the scale Rita used for the drawing is 1 inch on the drawing represents 324 inches in real life.