Question

Please help! :) Gino designed a garden for his rectangular backyard. The design he drew on paper is 7 inches wide. The width of his backyard is 42 feet. If his drawing is to scale and is 8 inches long, how many feet long is his backyard? Write a proportion using words. Then, use the proportion to calculate the yard length. Show your work.

Answer 1

42/7=x/8
x = 8(42/7)
I think

Answer 2

@zzr0ck3r what he said

Answer 3

thanks for the help everyone :D

Answer 4

but what does x represent?

Answer 5

length of hte yard

Answer 6

thank u :)

Answer 7

you could have said
7/42 = 8/x
x(7/42) = 8
x = (42/7)8

Answer 8

this is the cool thing about ratios:)

Answer 9

:D so x = 48? :)

Answer 10

nono x = (42/7)*8

Answer 11

which is 48? :P

Answer 12

o lol yeah sorry i thought you wrote 42

Answer 13

its ok :P so 42/7 = x/8

x = (42/7) * 8

x = 48? :)

Answer 14

looks good to me

Answer 15

thanks for all the help :D have a great day ;)

Answer 16

wait but it said to write a proportion using words :O

Answer 17

so the proportion in words is? sorry just confused :(

Answer 18

width of yard over width of model = length of yard over length of model

Answer 19

u mean Width of yard over width of design = length of yard over length of drawing?

Answer 20

yeah

Answer 21

ok thanks :)