Question

A landscaper is drawing a scale model of a garden. The scale is that three eighths double prime
3
8 on the plan represents 1 foot in the garden. If a flower bed is 6 prime 3 double prime63 ​long, how long will it be on the​ plans?

Answer 1

<u>"</u> means inches, not some weird "double prime."

So, 6'3" = six feet, 3 inches, or 6.25 ft)

Since the scale is constant,

(3/8 ")/(1 ft) = x"/(6.25 ft)

Now just solve for x:

(3/8 ")/(1 ft)*(25/4 ft) = 75/32 "