Question

A scale drawing of a living room is shown below. The scale is 1 : 40.

A rectangle is shown. The length of the rectangle is labeled 6 inches. The width of the rectangle is labeled 4 inches.

Show your work to determine the area of the room in square feet.

Answer 1

ok so the area of this rectangle is 4x6 and its 1/40th the size of the actual room.

Answer 2

ok

Answer 3

4x6=24

Answer 4

24=1/40x

Answer 5

(24)(40)=x

Answer 6

ok

Answer 7

so what do we do multiply those

Answer 8

24 times 40 = 960

Answer 9

ok

Answer 10

yeah

Answer 11

but wait because you have to put it in sq ft and it gave you the drawing in inches so

Answer 12

ok so

Answer 13

960in/12in =80sq ft
\[\frac{ 960 inches }{1 } \times \frac{ 1 ft }{ 12 inches }\]

Answer 14

im not 100% on this one, but thats my best guess.

Answer 15

the answer of 80 sq ft seems like a pretty clean answer so i think its right.

Answer 16

yeah