A scale drawing shows a circular fountain a diameter of 7 units. The actual fountain has a diameter of 70 feet. Find the scale of the drawing.

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Answer: 1:10


Step-by-step explanation:

1. You know that:

- The scale drawing shows a circular fountain with a diameter of 7 units.

- The diameter of the the actual fountain is 70 feet.

2. Then, to find the scale of the drawing, you can write the following fraction and simplify it:

[tex]\frac{7}{70}=\frac{1}{10}[/tex]

3. You can write it as a ratio:

1:10

This means that 1 unit=10 feet