Question

coach hernández made a scale drawing of the school gym. the scale of the drawing is 1 in. : 10 ft. find the actual length of the north side of the gym. image of actual gym (west 50 ft, north ?) and scale drawing (west 5 in, north 9 in) what number can you multiply each length in the scale drawing by to find the actual length? box

Explanation:

Step1: Analyze the scale

The scale is 1 in. : 10 ft, which means 1 inch on the drawing represents 10 feet in actual. Also, we can check with the west side: the drawing has 5 in. and actual is 50 ft. So, to find the multiplier, we can use the west side values.

Step2: Calculate the multiplier

We know that 5 in. (drawing) corresponds to 50 ft (actual). So, the multiplier \( m \) is calculated as \( m=\frac{50\ ft}{5\ in.} \)
\( m = 10\ \frac{ft}{in.} \)
Alternatively, from the scale 1 in. : 10 ft, the multiplier is 10 (since 1 in * 10 = 10 ft actual).

Answer:

10