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Maggie makes a scale drawing of a deck. The scale for the actual deck to the scale drawing is 7ft to 1in. The dimensions of the deck are 28ft by 17.5ft. What are the dimensions of the deck in the drawing? show your work.

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Answer:

4 inches by 2.5 inches

Step-by-step explanation:

The scale factor is 7 feet/1 inch.

This can be written as  7'/1" or as 1"/7'

28 feet converts to (28')*(1"/7') = 4"

17.5 feet converts to (17.5)*(1"/7') = 2.5"

The drawing dimensions are 4 inches by 2.5 inches.