Rita drew a scale drawing of a picnic area near the river. The picnic area, which is 135 yards long in real life, is 15 inches long in the drawing. What scale did Rita use for the drawing? (1 point) 1 INCH : YARDS

Answer 1

Rita used a scale of 1 inch : 9 yards for the drawing.

To find this scale, we can set up a proportion:

1 inch / 15 inches = x yards / 135 yards

Cross multiplying, we get:

15x = 135

Dividing by 15 on both sides, we get:

x = 9

Therefore, the scale is 1 inch : 9 yards.