## anonymous one year ago Gino designed a garden for his rectangular backyard. The design he drew on paper is 6 inches wide. The width of his backyard is thirty feet. If his drawing is to scale, and his backyard is forty feet long, how many inches long is his drawing? Write a proportion using words. Then, use the proportion to calculate the drawing length. Show your work.

1. anonymous

Giving medal to someone that can help me

2. jim_thompson5910

Let x = length of the figure (on paper) $\Large \frac{\text{distance on paper}}{\text{actual distance}}=\frac{\text{distance on paper}}{\text{actual distance}}$ $\Large \frac{6 \text{ inches}}{30 \text{ feet}}=\frac{x \text{ inches}}{40 \text{ feet}}$ $\Large \frac{6}{30}=\frac{x }{40}$ $\Large 6*40 = 30*x$ keep going to solve for x

3. anonymous

x=8

4. jim_thompson5910

x = 8 is correct

5. jim_thompson5910

so the length of the figure on paper is 8 inches

6. anonymous

oh i see now thanks

7. anonymous

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8. jim_thompson5910

no problem