The city is putting a fountain at the entrance of the park a scale drawing of the fountain is shown below 2 in scale 1 in equals 4 ft what is the area of the fountain in square feet a 4 in b 16 in c 64 in d 128 in
wrong its 64
To find the area of the fountain in square feet, we first need to find the dimensions of the fountain in inches and then convert them to feet.
Since the scale is 2 in = 1 in, we can multiply each dimension of the fountain in the scale drawing by 2 to find the actual dimensions in inches.
From the scale drawing, the fountain has a width of 4 in and a length of 4 in.
To convert the dimensions from inches to feet, we need to divide each dimension by 12 (since there are 12 inches in a foot).
Width: 4 in / 12 = 1/3 ft
Length: 4 in / 12 = 1/3 ft
The area of the fountain is calculated as:
Area = Width x Length
Area = (1/3 ft) x (1/3 ft)
Area = 1/9 sq ft
Therefore, the area of the fountain in square feet is 1/9 sq ft.
The closest answer choice is b) 16 in, but this is not the correct answer.