Laura measured a city park and made a scale drawing. The scale she used was 2 centimeters : 1 meter. If the actual length of the soccer field is 107 meters, how long is the field in the drawing?

Question

Laura measured a city park and made a scale drawing. The scale she used was 2 centimeters : 1 meter. If the actual length of the soccer field is 107 meters, how long is the field in the drawing?



Answer 1

You can set it up like a proportion where 2/1 = x/107. Cross multiply to solve for x. 107(2)=1(x) so 214=x. The drawing is 214 cm.