Question

Blake made a scale drawing of a square table with a scale of 1.25 in. = 6.50 ft. On his drawing, one side of the table top measures 2.50 in. What is the area of the actual table top?

Answer 1

First set up a propotion to figure out the actual measurement of the side of the table.
1.25/6.50 = 2.50/x
Cross multiply
1.25x =16.25
Divide both sides by 1.25
X= 13
Plug 13 into the Area of a square formula
A= side squared
A= 13^2
Area of the actual table top is 169 inches^2