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A scale drawing of a garden uses a ratio of inch to feet. In the drawing, a rectangular flower bed is inches long. What is the actual length of the flower bed, in feet?
Explanation
The scale is inch for every feet. Since the flower bed measures inches on the drawing, multiply by to find the actual length: . Therefore, the actual length of the flower bed is feet.
Concept summary
In a scale drawing, use the ratio to convert from the drawing measurement to the actual measurement by multiplying or dividing with the scale factor.