Question

pls help ------ During the day, Lola's dog is tied by rope to a tree in the center of her yard. The scale drawing below shows the area that the dog has to run, in inches. If the actual length of the rope is 12 1/2 feet, what is the scale used in the drawing?

Answer 1

Answer: 8 : 1

we have:
`12(1)/(2)=(25)/(2)`

`1(9)/(16) =(25)/(16)`

=> the scale used in the drawing is
`(25)/(2):(25)/(16)=(16)/(2)=(8)/(1)`
`(25)/(2):(25)/(16)=(16)/(2)=(8)/(1)=8:1`

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