Question

A floor plan of a house was drawn using a scale of 1 centimeter = 1.5 meters the family room in the plan is pictured as 5 centimeters by 4 centimeters in square meters, what is the actual area of the family room Circle the letter of the correct answer

A. 20
B. 27
C. 30
D. 45

Answer 1

The correct answer is 20 cm

Answer 2

model house dimensions
5 cm × 4 cm = 20 cm²

1 cm = 1.5 m
multiply cm by 1.5 = meters

5 × 1.5 = 7.5 m
4 × 1.5 = 6 m

Real house dimensions
7.5 m × 6 m = 45 m²