The dimensions of an office conference room are 15 feet by 27 feet. If the conference room blueprint dimensions are 5 centimeters by 9 centimeters, what is the scale of the blueprint?

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anonymous · Answer

a 1 centimeter = 4 feet
b 1 centimeter = 3 feet
c 1 centimeter = 15 feet

terenzreignz · Answer

Didn't we already do something like this, just yesterday? :/

anonymous · Answer

idk some of my question repeats tho

terenzreignz · Answer

So... it looks like the dimension changed, from 15 feet to 5cm, so the proportion is
5cm / 15ft
Can you reduce that to lowest terms?

anonymous · Answer

wont it be 3

terenzreignz · Answer

3?
5 : 15
Don't think of it as a fraction, at least, not now...
What's 5 cm : 15 feet in lowest terms?

anonymous · Answer

don't u divide it

terenzreignz · Answer

Sure... but
$$\huge \frac5{15}\ne3$$

anonymous · Answer

I said 3