Question

The scale of the drawing was 1 millimeters,2 meters in the drawing, the lawn in the backyard is 28 millimeters long, what is the length of the actual lawn

Answer 1

The length of the actual lawn is 56 meters.

Explanation:

Given:

The scale of the drawing was 1 millimeters : 2 meters, in the drawing the lawn in the backyard is 28 millimeters long,

Now, to find the length of the actual lawn.

Let the length of the actual lawn be
`x.`

The length of the lawn in the drawing = 28 millimeters.

The scale of the drawing was 1 millimeters : 2 meters.

So, 1 millimeters is equivalent to 2 meters.

Thus, 28 millimeters is equivalent to
`x.`

Now, to get the length of the actual lawn by using cross multiplication method:

`(1)/(2) =(28)/(x)`

By cross multiplying we get:

`x=56\ meters.`

Therefore, the length of the actual lawn is 56 meters.