Question

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Belle made a scale drawing of the elementary school. The scale she used was 1 millimeter : 6 meters. If the school yard is 11 millimeters in the drawing, how wide is the actual school yard?

Answer 1

The actual length of the school yard = 66 m

Explanation:

Here, the given scale is 1 millimeter : 6 meters

Now, the length of the yard given in the drawing = 11 millimeters

Let us assume the actual length of the school yard = k meters

So, according to the question:

k meters = 11 millimeters

Now, 1 millimeters = 6 m

So, 1 x 11 millimeters = 6 x 11 meters ( Multiplying both sides by 11)

or, 11 millimeters = 66 meters

or, k = 66 m

Hence, The actual length of the school yard = 66 m