Kevin has a drawing of a driveway where the scale from the actual driveway to the drawing is 5 ft for every inch. The
dimensions of the scale drawing are 11.5 in. by 4.5 in.
What is the actual dimensions of the driveway.

option a is correct.

step-by-step explanation:

scale factor: it is used to find proportional measurements.

proportions means having the same ratio.

scale factor is the ratio of the model measurement to the actual measurement in a simplest form.

or we can say that the ratio of any two corresponding lengths in two similar geometric figures

if the scale factor is more than 1, then it is an enlargement,

if the scale factor less than 1, then it is a reduction.

given the two geometric figure:

by definition of proportions, we have

answer: 7

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