Question

gabby made a scale drawing of the town library. she used the scale 1 centimeter : 5 meters. the actual width of the parking lot is 80 meters. how wide is the parking lot in the drawing?
centimeters

Explanation:

Step1: Understand the scale

The scale is 1 centimeter : 5 meters, meaning 1 cm on the drawing represents 5 m in actual.

Step2: Calculate the drawing width

Let \( x \) be the width in the drawing (in cm). We know that \( \frac{1}{5}=\frac{x}{80} \) (since the ratio of drawing to actual should be equal to the scale). Cross - multiplying gives \( 5x = 80\times1 \), then \( x=\frac{80}{5}=16 \).

Answer:

16