Question

Dalton made a scale drawing of a swimming pool. The scale he used was 1 millimeter : 5 meters. The actual width of the pool is 25 meters. How wide is the pool in the drawing?
millimeters

Answer 1

To find the width of the pool in the drawing, we can set up a proportion.

Let's say x millimeters is the width of the pool in the drawing.

Using the scale 1 millimeter : 5 meters, we can set up the proportion:

1 millimeter / 5 meters = x millimeters / 25 meters

Cross multiplying, we get:

5 meters * x millimeters = 1 millimeter * 25 meters

5x = 25

Dividing both sides by 5, we get:

x = 5

Therefore, the width of the pool in the drawing is 5 millimeters.