Question

You are making a scaledrawing of a room using a scale of1 inch : 4 feet.a. The room is 14 feet by 18 feet. Find itsdimensions in the drawing.b. A sofa in the room has a length of 6 feet.Find the length of the sofa in thedrawing.c. You want to enlarge the scale drawing.How would you change the scale todouble the dimensions of the drawing?Explain.

Answer 1

a. 3.5 inches by 4.5 inches

b. 1.5 inches

c. Divide 48 inches by 2 and multiply 1 inch by 12 to get a scale of 1 : 2

Explanation:

A scale is a representative fraction showing the relationship between length on a drawing and actual length.

i.e scale =
`(length on a drawing)/(actual length)`

scale = 1 inch : 4 feet

a. The dimensions in the drawing can be determined as;

1 inch : 4 feet implies an inch on the drawing equates 4 feet on actual length.

`(14)/(4)` = 3.5 inches

`(18)/(4)` = 4.5 inches

Dimensions on drawing is 3.5 inches by 4.5 inches.

b. The length of the sofa is 6 feet, its length on the drawing is;

`(6)/(4)` = 1.5 inches

c. To enlarge the scale so as to double the dimensions of the drawing, we have;

12 inches = 1 feet

4 feet = 4 × 12 = 48 inches

given scale = 1 inch : 48 inches

Thus, divide 48 inches by 2 and multiply 1 inch by 12.

scale = 12 inch : 24 inch

scale = 1 : 2

To double the dimensions of the drawing, the scale required is 1 : 2. This implies that a unit measure on the drawing is synonymous to 2 measures on the actual reading.