Blake made a scale drawing of a square table with a scale of 1.25 in. = 6.50 ft. On his drawing, one side of the table top measures 2.50 in. What is the area of the actual table top?
First set up a propotion to figure out the actual measurement of the side of the table. 1.25/6.50 = 2.50/x Cross multiply 1.25x =16.25 Divide both sides by 1.25 X= 13 Plug 13 into the Area of a square formula A= side squared A= 13^2 Area of the actual table top is 169 inches^2
