Question

Jackson drew a scale drawing of a picnic area near the river. The picnic area is 9 inches wide in the drawing. The actual picnic area is 72 yards wide. What is the scale of the drawing?

Answer 1

the scale is 3:864

Explanation:

1) find how may inches are there in 72 yards which is 2592 in

2) then simplify 9: 2592 into the answer