Question

Tyrone makes a scale drawing of his backyard. The scale from the backyard to the drawing is 2 ft to 1 in. The width of the patio on the drawing is 8 in. What is the width of Tyrone's actual patio? Show your work

Answer 1

Answer:

The width of Tyrone's actual patio is 16 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

$\frac{2ft}{1in}$ =  $\frac{x}{8}$   If we look at what we know, we see that the scale tells us that 1 inch is proportional to 2 ft.  What do we need to multiple 1 inch by to get 8 inches?  8.  So, we multiply 2 feet by 8 to get the actual size of the patio which is 16 feet.