Gino designed a garden for his rectangular backyard. The design he drew on paper is 10 inches long. The length of his backyard is 50 feet. If his drawing is to scale and is 9 inches wide, how many feet wide is his backyard? Write a proportion using words. Then, use the proportion to calculate the yard width. Show your work.

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anonymous · Answer

Would this be correct? The scale of his drawing is 10 inches to 50 feet, which reduces to 1":5'
At that scale, the width would be 9" times 5', divided by 1" = 45 feet

anonymous · Answer

yes!

anonymous · Answer

refreshing, you solving your own problem. :-)

anonymous · Answer

I dont know if I put the right sign for feet....' is the sign for feet right?

anonymous · Answer

yes