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

anonymous · Answer

a 1:1 ratio would be

9 inches is 0.75 Feet

a 1:10 ratio seems feasable with

9 inches being 7.5 feet (which is 2.2 metres)

a 1:100 ratio would be

9 inches is 75 feet (which is 22 metres)

they are just some simple conversions based on the fact that 1 foot = 12 inches. hope it helps

anonymous · Answer

thank you so much