Question

Josie measured a city park and made a scale drawing. The scale she used was 14 centimeters = 5 meters. The actual width of the soccer field is 80 meters. How wide is the field in the drawing?
Ms. Sue
One way to solve this is with a proportion.

14/5 = x/80

Cross multiply and solve for x.

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