Step-by-step explanation:
so,
1cm : 4m
that means the factor is 1/400 (as 1 m = 100 cm).
also to remember : 1 m² = 100cm×100cm = 10,000 cm²
the area of a rectangle is
length × width
if both dimensions are shortened by a factor (1/400) in our case :
length×1/400 × width×1/400 =
= length × width × 1/400² = length × width × 1/160,000
that means the area of the actual tennis court is
160,000 times the area of the blueprint picture :
160,000 × 16.25 = 2,600,000 cm² = 260 m²
we now know that the actual length of the tennis court is 400 times the length of the blueprint length :
400 × 6.25 = 2,500 cm = 25 m
