Question

Sebastian is drawing a map of his local park. The actual park is a rectangle that is 300 feet long and 240 feet wide. Sebastian needs his drawing to fit on his paper, so he decides to make the long side 10 inches. What scale is Sebastian using? What is the area of Sebastian's drawing in square inches?

Answer 1

the ratio of the park's length and width is 300/240=5/4
if he takes the length as 10in then the width should be 8in,
so it's area should be 80in²