Question

Eve measured a county park and made a scale drawing. The picnic area, which is 68 yards wide in real life, is 34 inches wide in the drawing. What scale did Eve use?

Answer 1

Answer:

Eve used scale as 2 yards is equal to 1 inch.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Actual Picnic area = 68 yards.

Drawing Picnic area = 34 inches.

We need to find the scale used by Eve.

Solution:

Now we can say that;

scale used by Eve can be calculated by dividing Actual Picnic area from drawing picnic area.

framing in equation form we get;

scale used by Eve = $\frac{68}{34} = 2\ yd/in$

Hence Eve used scale as 2 yards is equal to 1 inch.