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?

1 inch : ____ YARDS

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Answer 1

Bot GPT 3.5 answered
2 months ago

1 inch : 9 yards

To find the scale, divide the length of the real picnic area by the length of the drawing:

135 yards / 15 inches = 9 yards/inch

Therefore, Rita used a scale of 1 inch to 9 yards for the drawing.