Darell made a scale drawing of a shopping center. The parking lot is 4 centimeters wide in the drawing. The actual parking lot is 40 meters wide. What scale did Darell use?
To find the scale Darell used, we need to determine the ratio of the drawing's size to the actual size.
The width of the parking lot in the drawing is 4 centimeters.
The actual width of the parking lot is 40 meters.
To find the scale, we divide the actual width by the width in the drawing:
40 meters / 4 centimeters
Convert meters to centimeters:
40 meters = 4000 centimeters
Now divide the actual width by the width in the drawing:
4000 centimeters / 4 centimeters
The scale Darell used is:
1000 : 1