The soccer field at a park is 9,000 square yards. The soccer field takes up 6 2/5 square inches on the map of the park. How many square yards does 1 square inch on the map represent?

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  1406.25 square yards

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the number of square yards represented by one square inch, divide the number of square yards by the number of square inches.

  (9000 yd²)/(6.4 in²) = 1406.25 yd²/in²

Each square inch represents an area of 1406.25 square yards.

Additional comment

The map scale is the square root of this number: 37.5 yards per inch, or ...

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the solution is the point

step-by-step explanation:

we have

> equation a

> equation b

adds equation a and equation b

substitute the value of x in equation b to find the value of y

the solution is the point