Kyle made a scale drawing of a neighborhood park. He used the scale 7 inches = 1 yard. What scale factor does the drawing use?

Simplify your answer and write it as a fraction.

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Kyle made a scale drawing of a neighborhood park. He used the scale 7 inches = 1 yard. What scale factor does the drawing use?

Simplify your answer and write it as a fraction.

anonymous · Answer

I'm not sure, but it sounds like they want you to convert inches to yards, is that the idea?

anonymous · Answer

If so, first you'd convert both to feet. 7 inches is the same as 7/12 of a foot. 1 yard is 3 feet. Then, you want to make the smaller one into 1 I believe. So you'd multiply by 12/7 on both sides to get 1:36/7 or 1:5.14 ish. Does that sound sort of right?

anonymous · Answer

yeah i understand i just wasn't sure what to do :D thank you!!

anonymous · Answer

Great, cheers!