Question

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 point)
1 INCH : YARDS
Explain your answer.

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

Rita used a scale of 1 inch : 9 yards for the drawing. This is determined by dividing the actual length of the picnic area (135 yards) by the length of the drawing (15 inches), which equals 9. So, 1 inch in the drawing represents 9 yards in real life.