Question

The blueprint for a new community center measures 85 centimeters long by 55 centimeters wide. If the community center is actually 45 meters long, what is the actual width of the community center

Answer 1

The width of the community center is 29.12 meters

Explanation:

Given:

Measurement in blueprint is 85 cm long by 55 cm wide.

The actual length of the community center = 45 meters = 4500 cm

Let "x" be the actual width of the community center.

Let's form the proportion

Blueprint Actual

85 4500

55 x

85/55 = 4500/x

Cross multiplying, we get

85x = 55 *4500

85x = 247500

x = 247500/85

x = 2911.76 cm

Let's convert cm to meters, divide 2911.76 by 100

x = 2911.76/100

x = 29.12 meters

Thank you.