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
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9 YARDS : 1 INCH
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Apologies for the confusion in my previous response. Let's reconsider this.
To find the scale, we need to determine how many inches in the drawing represent 1 yard in real life.
Since the picnic area is 135 yards long in real life and 15 inches long in the drawing, we can set up a proportion:
135 yards = 15 inches
1 yard = x inches
Cross multiplying:
15 * 1 = 135 * x
15 = 135x
Dividing both sides by 135:
x = 15 / 135
x = 0.1111 inches
Therefore, the scale Rita used for the drawing is:
1 inch : 0.1111 yards or approximately 1 inch : 0.1111 * 3 = 1 inch : 0.3333 yards
This can be simplified to:
1 inch : 1/3 yards
So, the scale is 1 inch : 1/3 yards for Rita's drawing of the picnic area near the river.
To find the scale, we need to determine how many inches in the drawing represent 1 yard in real life.
Since the picnic area is 135 yards long in real life and 15 inches long in the drawing, we can set up a proportion:
135 yards = 15 inches
1 yard = x inches
Cross multiplying:
15 * 1 = 135 * x
15 = 135x
Dividing both sides by 135:
x = 15 / 135
x = 0.1111 inches
Therefore, the scale Rita used for the drawing is:
1 inch : 0.1111 yards or approximately 1 inch : 0.1111 * 3 = 1 inch : 0.3333 yards
This can be simplified to:
1 inch : 1/3 yards
So, the scale is 1 inch : 1/3 yards for Rita's drawing of the picnic area near the river.