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Lester made a scale drawing of a picnic area near the river. In real life, the picnic area is 4848 yards long. It is 66 inches long in the drawing. What scale did Lester use?\newline11 inch : ___\_\_\_ yards

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Q. Lester made a scale drawing of a picnic area near the river. In real life, the picnic area is 4848 yards long. It is 66 inches long in the drawing. What scale did Lester use?\newline11 inch : ___\_\_\_ yards
  1. Identify lengths: Identify the real-life length and the drawing length.\newlineReal-life length: 4848 yards, Drawing length: 66 inches.
  2. Convert to inches: Convert the real-life length from yards to inches because the drawing is measured in inches. There are 3636 inches in a yard.\newlineCalculation: 4848 yards ×36\times 36 inches/yard =1728= 1728 inches.
  3. Calculate scale: Calculate the scale by dividing the real-life size in inches by the drawing size in inches.\newlineCalculation: 1728 inches/6 inches=2881728 \text{ inches} / 6 \text{ inches} = 288.

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