Question

Wyatt made a scale drawing of a picnic area near the river. The picnic area, which is 84 yards long in real life, is 231 inches long in the drawing. What scale did Wyatt use?
11 inches : yards

Answer 1

To find the scale, we need to determine how many inches represent 1 yard in the scale drawing.

Given that the picnic area is 84 yards long in real life and 231 inches long in the drawing, we can set up a proportion:

84 yards = 231 inches

Let's set up the proportion with "x" representing the number of inches that represent 1 yard:

1 yard / x inches = 84 yards / 231 inches

Cross multiplying, we get:

231 inches = 84 * x inches

231 = 84 * x

Dividing both sides by 84:

x = 231 / 84

Simplifying the division gives:

x ≈ 2.750

Therefore, Wyatt used a scale of approximately 2.750 inches: 1 yard.