Question

A floor plan is given for the first floor of a new house. One inch represents 6 feet. If the walk-in closet is 1/4 in. by 1/3 in. on the floor plan, what are the actual dimensions?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

6 ft is 6 * 12 = 72 inches so the scale is 1 inch : 72 inches.
So multipy each by 72.

Answer 3

I got answers that aren't in my choices

Answer 4

You can also do it with both units.
If 1 inch represents 6 feet, then every measurement you see in inches, multiply by 6 and the result is in feet.

Answer 5

6 * 1/4 = ?
6 * 1/3 = ?

Answer 6

i got it thanks!!

Answer 7

If, on the other hand you do it by multiplying by 72, then your measurments will be in inches, so you need to divide them by 12 to convert to feet.

Answer 8

Using the scale directly (1 inch : 6 ft):
6 * 1/4 = 1.5 ft
6 * 1/3 = 2 ft

Using the inch scale (1 inch : 72 inches):
72 * 1/4 = 18 inches; 18/12 = 1.5 ft
72 * 1/3 = 24 inches; 24/12 = 2 ft.

Either way you get 1.5 ft by 2 ft.