Question

The scale for this drawing is 3 in. = 8 ft. On the drawing, the length of the kitchen measures 7 in. What is the length of the actual Kitchen? Round your

answer to the nearest foot.

Answer 1

19 feet

Explanation:

First we must make the scale make sense, that is, it is in the same unit, therefore, we will pass 3 inches to feet, we know 1 foot is 12 inches, therefore:

3 inches * 1 foot / 12 inches = 0.25 feet

Which means that the real equivalence is 0.25: 8, now they are 7 inches, therefore:

7 inches * 1 foot / 12 inches = 0.583333

Now, we calculate the number of actual feet using the scale.

0.583333 * 8 / 0.25 = 18.66 feet

that is to say that the length of the current Kitchen is 19 feet if we round