Question

The soccer field at a park is 9,000 square yards. The soccer field takes up 6 2/5 square inches on the map of the park. How many square yards does 1 square inch on the map represent?

Answer 1

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Answer:

  1406.25 square yards

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the number of square yards represented by one square inch, divide the number of square yards by the number of square inches.

  (9000 yd²)/(6.4 in²) = 1406.25 yd²/in²

Each square inch represents an area of 1406.25 square yards.

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Additional comment

The map scale is the square root of this number: 37.5 yards per inch, or ...

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