Erica measured the middle school and made a scale drawing. She used the scale 1 inch = 3 feet. The gym is 63 feet wide in real life. How wide is the gym in the drawing?
1/3 = x/63
Cross multiply and solve for x.
70
To find the width of the gym in the drawing, you need to apply the scale given. In this case, the scale is 1 inch = 3 feet.
First, divide the real-life width of the gym (63 feet) by the scale factor (3 feet) to determine how many inches the gym's width is in the drawing.
63 feet / 3 feet = 21 inches
Therefore, the width of the gym in the drawing is 21 inches.