Question

A scale drawing of a bedroom is shown below. The scale is 1 : 30.

A rectangle is shown. The length of the rectangle is labeled 3 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 first convert it to scale, so multiply each side by 30

Answer 2

how do i do that

Answer 3

what does that look like sorry for asking

Answer 4

ok lets just scale it up first

Answer 5

multiply each side by 30

Answer 6

ok

Answer 7

what is each side now?

Answer 8

hold on a sec

Answer 9

i got 4,320

Answer 10

ok sorry, what i meant was multiply the labeled sides by 30, and what are the new labels?

Answer 11

so 3* 30 = 90 and 4*30 = 120

Answer 12

oh so you mean the ones with the numbers on it

Answer 13

yes

Answer 14

ok

Answer 15

so its 120

Answer 16

120 is the width and 90 is the length, good

Answer 17

so the width is 120 inches, how many feet are in 120 inches?

Answer 18

um hold on let me see

Answer 19

k

Answer 20

10

Answer 21

correct so width of bathroom is 10 feet, now find the length of the bathroom in feet, use the same method

Answer 22

ok hold on a sec

Answer 23

which method @billj5

Answer 24

ok so the length is 90 inches right? how many feet are in 90 inches?

Answer 25

um letme see

Answer 26

7.5

Answer 27

correct, so we know the bathroom width is 10 feet and length is 7.5 feet, do you understand how we got this so far?

Answer 28

yeah sorry i had to type something

Answer 29

so its done @billj5

Answer 30

no its not done, now you have to find the area of the room in square feet, do you know how to do that?

Answer 31

im kind of newto it but im not sure

Answer 32

well what do you think? how do you find the area of a rectangle?

Answer 33

dont you multiply the width with the length @billj5

Answer 34

thats correct, so whats the answer?

Answer 35

ok what numbers do i multiply

Answer 36

lol the length and the width, 7.5 * 10

Answer 37

oksorry

Answer 38

75

Answer 39

can we do one more

Answer 40

nice, post another question and close this one and i or someone else will help

Answer 41

ok