Abillboard is 2.5 times as long as it is wide. the area of the billboard is 2,250 ft. a scale drawing is made of the billboard, and the area of the scale drawing is 160 in. what is the scale used in the scale drawing? (explain)

1 inch : 14.08 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

First we need to find to find the length and the width of the billboard.

The area of a rectangle is given by A= length x width

Let's call w the width of the billboard ⇒The length of the billboard will be 2.5w

Area = w (2.5w)

2,250 = 2.5w²

2250/2.5 = w²

900 = w²

30 = w

Now, to find the scale in the drawing we are going to use a ratio.

Therefore, the width of the scale drawing is 2.13.

To find the scale used we can use a rule of three:

2.13 inches ------- 30 feet

1 inches --------------  x feet

x = 30/2.13 = 14.08 feet

Therefore, the scale used is 1 inch: 14.08 feet