Question

The scale for the drawing of a rectangular playing field is 2 inches= 5 feet. Find an equation you can use to find the dimensions of the actual field. What are the actual dimensions?

Answer 1

Scale:

5 inches: 2 feet

x= dimension of the scale drawing (inches)

y= corresponding dimension of the actual field(feet)

Scale drawing= Scale x dimension of the actual field

So, actual dimension would be given by the expression:

$\begin{gathered} x=y\times\frac{5}{2} \\ 2x=5y \end{gathered}$