Carmen hired a landscaper to design a small garden at the side of her house. The garden will measure 2 m by 3 m, and it will contain a mixture of perennial plants. The landscaper wants to draw a scale diagram of Carmen’s garden on a piece of paper that measures 30 cm by 50 cm.
a) Determine a suitable scale for the scale diagram so that it will fit on the piece of paper
b) Determine the dimensions of the scale diagram, using the scale you determined in part a
c) According to the landscaper, five perennial plants can be planted in each square metre of the garden. If each perennial costs $2.50, what will be the total cost of all the perennials needed to fill the garden?
2006-11-01
05:07:44
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mizz.dhillon
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