A contractor is given a scale drawing of a rectangular patio. The scale from the patio to the drawinig is 4 ft to 1 in. What is the area of the actual patio?

You are responsible for designing a new city. you are inspired by pierre charles l'enfant, who laid out the streets of our nation's capital. numbered streets run north and south, and lettered streets run east and west. avenues are named after states, and they intersect the streets on a diagonal. the streets are parallel and the intersections form similar triangles. 18th st. is 454 meters long and the intersection of 18th and k st. is 207 meters from connecticut ave. if 19th st. and k st. is 385 meters from connecticut ave., what is the length of 19th st.?

1. are the triangles similar and if so why? what is the value of x? show your work.

In the diagram, the ratio of ab to ae is (1/2) . what is the ratio of the length of to the length of ?