Question

Reggie drew a scale drawing of a swimming pool. The scale of the drawing was 4 millimeters : 3 meters. The pool is 24 meters long in real life. How long is the pool in the drawing?

Answer 1

To find the length of the pool in the drawing, we need to use the scale.

If 4 millimeters in the drawing represent 3 meters in real life, then for every 3 meters in real life, there are 4 millimeters in the drawing.

Since the pool is 24 meters long in real life, we can set up a proportion:

3 meters in real life / 4 millimeters in the drawing = 24 meters in real life / x millimeters in the drawing

Cross multiplying, we get:

3 meters * x millimeters = 4 millimeters * 24 meters

3x = 96

x = 32

Therefore, the length of the pool in the drawing is 32 millimeters.