Question

scaling states, part 1
warm - up
as of 2024, there were 63 national parks in the united states and utah has 5 of them. marco is designing a poster with a scale drawing of utah to promote utahs national parks.

1. describe the shape of utah.
2. what information would you need in order to create a scale drawing of the state?

Explanation:

1. Utah is roughly a quadrilateral - shaped state with relatively straight - angled sides.
2. To create a scale drawing of the state, one would need the actual distances between key points (such as the lengths of the state's boundaries), and a chosen scale factor (e.g., 1 inch = 100 miles) to convert real - world distances to drawing distances.

Answer:

1. Roughly quadrilateral.
2. Actual distances between key points and a scale factor.