haley drew a scale drawing of a city. A neighborhood Park, which is 70 yards wide in the real life, is 175 inches wide in the drawing. What is the scale of the drawing
175in:70yd
= 175in:2520in
= 1:14.4
175" is a pretty big drawing!
To find the scale of the drawing, you need to determine the ratio between the measurements in the drawing and the measurements in real life.
In this case, the width of the neighborhood park in the drawing is 175 inches, and in real life, it is 70 yards.
First, convert yards to inches. Since 1 yard equals 36 inches, a width of 70 yards is equal to 70 * 36 = 2520 inches.
Next, divide the width of the park in the drawing by the width of the park in real life:
175 inches / 2520 inches = 0.0694...
Therefore, the scale of the drawing is approximately 1:0.0694, or you can say that every 1 inch on the drawing represents 0.0694 inches in real life.