Jeffrey made a scale drawing of a house and its lot. He used the scale 7 inches : 4 feet. If the actual width of the backyard is 48 feet, how wide is the yard in the drawing?

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Answer 1

To find the width of the yard in the drawing, we can set up a proportion using the given scale:

7 inches / 4 feet = x inches / 48 feet

Cross multiplying, we get:

7 inches * 48 feet = 4 feet * x inches

336 inches = 4x inches

Dividing both sides by 4:

336 inches / 4 = x inches

84 inches = x inches

Therefore, the width of the yard in the drawing is 84 inches.