Amap of a rectangular park has a length of 4 inches and a width of 6 inches .the map needs to be reproduce at a different scale so that it has an area of 6 square inches and can fit in a brochure at what scale should the map can be reproduce so can be fit in the brochure?

To solve this problelm you must apply the proccedure shown below:

1. The area of the map of the rectangular park is:

2. You know that 6 square inches must represent 24 square inches, therefore, you have that the scale is:

3. Simplify it by dividing by six:

Therefore, as you can see, the answer is: .

square root of 36/6 = 2.449489743

square root of 16/6 = 1.632993162

square root of 6 = 2.449489743

the answer is square root of 16/6 because the square root of 36/6 is the same answer as square root of 6 = 2.449489743