Question

A town is designing a rectangular park that will be 600 feet by 1000 feet. A rectangular area of the park for swing sets will be 25 feet by 100 feet. On a scale drawing of the park, the swing set area is 0.5 inch by 2 inches.
What are the dimensions of the park on the scale drawing?

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On the scale drawing, the dimensions of the park are
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inches.

Answer 1

Scale factor = 0.5 / 25 = 0.02 inches per foot

on scale drawing of the park the dimensuons will be 600 * 0.02 by 1000*0.02
= 12 inches by 20 inches

Answer 2

Answer: 12 inches by 20 inches

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