Denis made a scale drawing of his backyard, using the scale 1/4 inch = 3 feet. the rectangular swimming pool was 2 inches long and 1 inch wide in the drawing. what was the area of the actual swimming pool? show all the steps!

24ft long, 12ft wide

2/.25=8  8x3=24
1/.25=4  4x3=12

2 / .25 = 8; 8 * 3 = 24 ft
1 / .25 = 4; 4 * 3 = 12 ft
12 * 24 = 288 ft^2

When rates are expressed as a quantity of 1, such as 2 feet per second or 5 miles per hour, they are called unit rates. if you have a multiple-unit rate such as 120 students for every 3 buses, and want to find the single-unit rate, write a ratio equal to the multiple-unit rate with 1 as the second term.