Question

On an architect's blueprint, 1 inch corresponds to 8 feet. Find the length of a wall represented by a line 1 1/8 inches long on the blueprint

Answer 1

Length = 1 1/8 x 8 = 9 ft

Explanation:

Answer 2

The problem is simply asking as to convert the measurement from the smaller scale to the actual scale. For this, we simply multiply the factor to the smaller measurement. We do as follows:

Length = 1 1/8 x 8 = 9 ft

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