Question

Jordan create a scale drawing of a rectangular room. The drawing is 8 inches long by 6 inches wide. He Used a scale of 1 inch equals 3 feet. What is the area in square feet of the room?

Answer 1

8x3 feet= 24ft 6x3 feet= 18ft 24x18=432ft

Answer 2

432ft ²

Explanation:

Since one inch is equal to three feet, you take the lengths of both of he sides of the rectangle, and multiply them by 3. You get 24 (length) and 18 (width).

Now that you converted them to their actual sizes, to find the area, you multiply the length and width (l * w) leaving you with 432 feet squared.