Question

help please! :)

Answer 1

@iambatman

Answer 2

@iambatman

Answer 3

@Astrophysics please help

Answer 4

@geny55, how come you didn't answer my question?

Answer 5

i figured it out, thanks for the help :)

Answer 6

@Astrophysics please help

Answer 7

What do you need help with?

Answer 8

im sorry i was asking @Astrophysics

Answer 9

Lol, well they tell us the scale is 1:20 right? So any idea what that means

Answer 10

If its 1:20 then you do 4 x 5 which equals 20

Answer 11

Ok well the 4 x 5 = 20 is the area, so we have 20 inches^2 now we are given that the scale is 1:20, which tells us the figure is only 1/20 size of the original.

So it's probably easier if you do \[4 \times 20\] and \[5 \times 20 \] first then convert it to inches.

Answer 12

convert it to feet*

OR you can find area then convert to square feet, doesn't matter

Answer 13

ok can you do the work in steps so that i understand it better?

Answer 14

Well I mean we are given that the dimensions are 4 by 5 inches, and the proportion is 1/20, we want its original size but in square feet, so notice there's two things to this problem. So we can start off by multiplying 4 and 5 by 20 to get the original scale right? \[4 \times 20 = 80~~~~\text{and}~~~5 \times 20 = 100 \] but note these dimensions are still in inches, you can now convert it to feet then find the area which is just \[A = lw\] or you can find area first and convert it to square feet.

I think I'll leave the rest to you.

Answer 15

whats step 1, lets start with that

Answer 16

@geny55, remember the purpose of Open Study is to give help, not answers. Asking for steps is equivalent to asking for answers.

Answer 17

I think there is enough information here already, you should try to figure it out on your own now :), good luck.