Question

Mrs.Browns rectangular kitchen is 10 ft wide and.16 ft long, if she creates a scale drawing.With a length of 4 inches, what would be the width

Answer 1

2.5 inches

Explanation:

1 feet = 12 inches

The length is 16 ft x 12 = 192 inches

The length was scales by an unknown measure which i would represent with x . The equation is as follows

192 inches x a = 4 feet

a = 48

The kitchen was scaled by 48

10 x 12 = 120 inches

120/48 = 2.5 inches