Question

A scale drawing of a park shows the length as 8 inches. If the scale is 1 inch = 3 meters, what is the actual length of the park?

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To find the actual length of the park, we can use the scale provided. The scale states that 1 inch on the drawing represents 3 meters in reality.

The drawing shows a length of 8 inches. To convert this to meters, we multiply the number of inches by the scale factor:

\[
\text{Actual length} = \text{Length on drawing} \times \text{Scale factor}
\]

Substituting in the values:

\[
\text{Actual length} = 8 \text{ inches} \times 3 \text{ meters/inch}
\]

Calculating this gives:

\[
\text{Actual length} = 24 \text{ meters}
\]

Thus, the actual length of the park is **24 meters**.

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