SOLUTION: Diana drew a scale drawing of a house and its lot. In real life, the back patio is 30 meters long. It is 6 millimeters long in the drawing. What scale did Diana use? 1 millimeter

Question 956435: Diana drew a scale drawing of a house and its lot. In real life, the back patio is 30 meters long. It is 6 millimeters long in the drawing. What scale did Diana use?
1 millimeter = blank maters.

Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
scale is 30 meters / 6 millimeters = 5 meters / 1 millimeter.

scale is 5 meters per millimeter.

this means 1 millimeter on the drawing is equal to 5 meters in real life.

6 millimeters on the drawing represents 6 * 5 = 30 meters in real life.

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