a scale drawing of a rectangular field is 10 centimeters by 8.5 centimeters. If the actual field has a dimension of 40 meters by 34 meters which could be the scale used for the drawing?

a. 0.5cm = 16m
b. 0.5 cm = 8m
c. 0.5 cm = 4m
d. 0.5 cm =2m

I multiplied 8.5 by 10 but don't know what to do after that. I got 85

1 answer

10 cm = 40 m
1 cm = 4 m
0.5 cm = _______ m