Gino designed a garden for his rectangular backyard. The design he drew on paper is ten inches long. The length of his backyard is fifty 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

Alright Mumina, after reading this, what are you trying to solve for?

campbell_st · Answer

convert your meaurements to the same units

50 ft = 600 inches

so 10:600   or 1:60

then 

$$\frac{600}{10} = \frac{x}{9}$$

then x = 540 inches 

        x = 540/12

the width of the garden is 45 feet