Question

If the front of a playhouse is shown in a scale drawing and the height of the door is 1.8 inches. The scale that maps the drawing is 1 inch to 2.5 feet . What is the actual height in feet of the play house door?

Answer 1

4.5 feet

Explanation:

Here, we are concerned with calculating the actual height in feet of the door given the scale used in the maps drawing.

In the scale, scale to actual is 1 inch to 2.5 feet

let 1.8 inch scale = x actual feet

Thus mathematically, by cross multiplying; we have;

x = 2.5 * 1.8 = 4.5 feet