Question

The dimensions of a rectangular garage are 100 times the dimensions of the floor plan of the garage .the area of the floor plan is 8 square inches. What is the area of the garage

Answer 1

A scale factor is the ratio of two similar geometric figures of their corresponding sides. The scale factor is calculated by locating the corresponding sides on each figure. For this case, the scale factor is 100.

Area of garage = 100( Area of the floor plan)

Area of garage = 100( 8)

Area of garage = 800 square inches

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