Question

If the scale is 1 in: 4 yards, what’s the area of the actual right triangle?

Answer 1

To answer this question, first, we transform the base and the height from inches to yards.

Since the scale is 1 in : 4 yards, then:

$\begin{gathered} 9\text{ in=36 yards,} \\ 6\text{ in=24 yards.} \end{gathered}$

Substituting the above values in the formula for the area of a triangle, we get:

$A=\frac{36\text{yards}\cdot24\text{yards}}{2}\text{.}$

Simplifying the above result, we get:

$A=\frac{864}{2}squareyards=432\text{ square yards.}$

Answer:

$A=432\text{ square yards.}$