A landscape designer has a drawing of a flower bed that measures 6 inches by 9 inches. The owner wants the actual flower bed to
be 5 feet by 7.5 feet. What is the scale factor the designer must use to install the new flower bed?
2 answers:
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Answer: It is 2.
Step-by-step explanation:
Make both equation equal to each other and solve for x, as following:
- Add like terms.
- Factor the equation.
Substitute the value of x obtained into any of the original equations to obtain the y-coordinate.
Then, this is: