finding a scale factor

[Genisnotme]

This is my second time posting this word problem. My first post seems to have been dropped from the board. The word problem is - You are drawing a scale model of a rectangular swimming pool on a piece of 8.5 inch by 11 inch paper. The pool is 50 ft long and 20 ft wide. What is the largest scale ( as in : ft ) you could choose that will still fit on the paper so that the dimensions of the pool will be a whole number of inches?

 

[Dr.Peterson]

This is my second time posting this word problem. My first post seems to have been dropped from the board. The word problem is - You are drawing a scale model of a rectangular swimming pool on a piece of 8.5 inch by 11 inch paper. The pool is 50 ft long and 20 ft wide. What is the largest scale ( as in : ft ) you could choose that will still fit on the paper so that the dimensions of the pool will be a whole number of inches?

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