Question

On a blueprint, the scale indicates that 7 cm represent 16 ft. What is the length of a room that is 9.8 cm long and 5 cm wide on the blueprint?

Answer 1

1 cm = 16/7 ft
so
length = 9.8 * (16/7) = ?
width = 5*(16/7)= ?

Answer 2

Do you understand nubeer's solution?

Answer 3

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11.4 @nubeer

Answer 4

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Answer 5

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Answer 6

This means that if:
16 ft = 7 cm
We need to divide 16 by 7 to figure out how many ft there are in a 7 cm. And since the dimensions of the room to scale is 9.8 by 5 in cm, we can multiply the quotient by the length and width respectively.

Answer 7

ok so are my answers correct ?

Answer 8

No they are not correct because you did not answer them by your self. The calculation were precise though

Answer 9

I don't even know if you understand what you did.
You don't units in your final answer...

Answer 10

its just a pretest... to other things.. thank you for your help and your smart mouth !