Emily drew a scale drawing of a house and its lot. The back patio is 42 millimeters long in the drawing. The actual patio is 27

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meters long. What scale did Emily use?

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kirill [66] · Answer 1 · 2023-08-07T06:41:46+03:00

the scale factor used in Emily scale drawing is K = 1.63 mm/m

<h3>What scale did Emily use?</h3>

We know that Emily drew a scale drawing of a house and its lot.

In the scale drawing, the back patio is 42 millimeters long, and we know that the actual patio is 27 meters long.

Then the scale relates the measures 44mm and 27 meters, such that if the scale is K, we can write:

K*27m = 44mm

Solving for K, we can write:

K = (44/27) mm/m = 1.63 mm/m

So the scale factor used in Emily's scale drawing is K = 1.63 mm/m

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