Question

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Gino designed a garden for his rectangular backyard. The design he drew on paper is 7 inches wide. The width of his backyard is forty-two 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

@proftom

Answer 2

Seven inches is to forty two feet as eight inches is two the length of his backyard in feet.
7/42=8/x
336=7x
x=48 feet
48/3= 16 yards (long)

Answer 3

thank you so much!... is that all ?

Answer 4

if the backyard is 42 ft and in the drawing, this is 7 in, then each inch on the drawing is 6 ft. (42ft/7in = 6 ft/in)

So an 8in long yard would be 8in * 6f ft/in = 48 ft.

Answer 5

um... thank u too.. but which answer should i choose yours or slyougdale's

Answer 6

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.
7 : 42 x 12 or 1: 72
If his drawing is to scale and is 8 inches long, how many feet long is his backyard?
His backyard is 8 inches long on the drawing.
8 inches represent 8 times 72 inches on the ground
Hence the yard length is 576 inches or 48 feet.

Answer 7

thank u too... so your answer and Harsh123 are right and not slyoungdale

Answer 8

@proftom

Answer 9

Sly is right. the yard is 48 feet long, but the question asks for the answer to be in yards. 48 ft = 16 yards

Answer 10

to be safe, i would list both answers: the length of the yard is 48 feet or 16 yards.

Answer 11

ok thank you!!