SOLUTION: The blueprint of a garden uses 1/8 of an inch to represent 1/2 of a meter. How many meters are represented by 1 inch in the blueprint and how many inches in the blueprint represen

Algebra.Com
Question 934351: The blueprint of a garden uses 1/8 of an inch to represent 1/2 of a meter.
How many meters are represented by 1 inch in the blueprint and how many inches in the blueprint represent one meter

Answer by vicgonzerx(31)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
scale is 1/8":1/2m
1. how many meters represented in 1 inch?
let x =meter represented
by ratio and proportion by cross multiply
x=4m
2. how many inch in represent 1 meter
x=inch represented
(1/8in/1/2m)=x/1m
x=1/4 inch

RELATED QUESTIONS

On an architect blueprint, 1 inch corresponds to 4feet, find the length of a wall... (answered by solver91311)
On an architect's blueprint, 1 inch corresponds to 2 feet. Find the length of a wall... (answered by solver91311)
Please i need help with this problem: Assuming that on a blueprint 1/4 inch equals (answered by stanbon,jjordan95)
on a blueprint of a park, 1 foot represents 1/2 mile. If an error of 1/2 inch is made in... (answered by ewatrrr)
On a blueprint of a park, 1 foot represents 1/2 mile. If an error of 1/2 inch is made in... (answered by Shin123,richwmiller)
If on a map 1/2 of an inch represents 100 miles, how many miles is represented by 6/7 of... (answered by macston)
The vertical scale of a map is 3/8 of an inch to 100 miles. What distance is represented... (answered by ccs2011)
An 8‐inch by 10‐inch map is drawn to a scale of 1 inch = 50 miles. If the... (answered by mananth)
How many miles would a map distance of 5/8 inch represent if 1 inch = 240... (answered by Alan3354)