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?

Question

millimeters

Answer 1

To find the width of the pool in the drawing, we need to convert the actual width of the pool to the scale of the drawing.

The scale ratio is 1 millimeter : 5 meters.
So, for every 5 meters in reality, there is 1 millimeter in the drawing.

To find the width in the drawing, we divide the actual width of the pool by the ratio:
Width in the drawing = Actual width of the pool / Scale ratio

Width in the drawing = 25 meters / 5 meters = 5 millimeters

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