You use a scale of 1 inch = 5 ft to make a drawing of your garden. If the actual garden is 25 ft wide how wide is your drawing?
A.
30 in.
B. 3 in.
C. 12.5 in.
D. 5 in.
B. 3 in.
If 1 inch on the drawing represents 5 feet in real life, then the size of the drawing is 1/5 of the actual size. To find the width of the drawing, you can multiply the actual width of the garden by the scale factor (1/5):
25 ft * 1/5 = 5 inches
Therefore, the width of the drawing is 5 inches.