Reduce the scale drawing of Thomases front yard, so that has a scale of one box 10 feet, which shows the new scale of the drawing
To reduce the scale drawing of Thomas's front yard, we need to determine the new scale of the drawing. In the current scale, one box represents one unit. We want to change the scale so that one box represents 10 feet.
To find the new scale, we need to determine the ratio between the current scale and the new scale. The ratio will be calculated by dividing the length of one unit in the current scale by the length of one unit in the new scale.
Let's say the current scale is 1 unit = x feet. In this case, the length of one unit is x feet. We want to find the ratio between x and 10 feet.
Ratio = (Length of one unit in current scale) / (Length of one unit in new scale)
= x / 10
Therefore, the new scale of the drawing is 1 box : (x / 10) feet.
Keep in mind that to determine the actual length of any object in the reduced scale drawing, you would need to multiply the size in the drawing by the scale factor (x / 10).