Melissa drew a scale drawing of a city. A neighborhood park is 36 inches wide in the drawing. The actual park is 60 yards wide. What is the scale of the drawing?

Answer 1

We want to find the ratio of the width of the drawing to the actual width.

Since 1 yard is equal to 36 inches, the actual width of the park is 60 yards * 36 inches/yard = 2160 inches.

The ratio of the width of the drawing to the actual width is 36 inches / 2160 inches = 1/60.

Therefore, the scale of the drawing is 1:60.