Garrett made a scale drawing of a campground. The scale of the drawing was 1 inch : 10 yards. The picnic area is 100 yards wide in real life. How wide is the picnic area in the drawing?
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The scale of the drawing is 1 inch : 10 yards, which means 1 inch on the drawing represents 10 yards in real life.
To find the width of the picnic area in the drawing, we can set up a proportion:
1 inch / 10 yards = x inches / 100 yards
Using cross multiplication, we can solve for x:
10 yards * x inches = 1 inch * 100 yards
x = (1 inch * 100 yards) / 10 yards
x = 10 inches
So, the width of the picnic area in the drawing is 10 inches.