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

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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) About Me  (Show Source):
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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