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OpenStudy (moazzam07):
OpenStudy (anonymous):
Okay I'll help you
OpenStudy (anonymous):
Multiply by 20
OpenStudy (mathstudent55):
Each dimension is in the scale 1:20
That means each real length is 20 times the drawing size.
OpenStudy (mathstudent55):
First, what is
4 inches * 20 ?
5 inches * 20 ?
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
So just think of the scale as a fraction 1 over twenty or 1/20
OpenStudy (anonymous):
Exactly just multiply by 20
OpenStudy (moazzam07):
100 and 80
OpenStudy (moazzam07):
@mathstudent55 its 80 and 100
OpenStudy (anonymous):
Yes
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OpenStudy (mathstudent55):
Correct.
The real dimensions of the room are 80 inches and 100 inches.
Now we need to find the area.
Since the room is a rectangle, you use the formula for the area of a rectangle
A = LW
OpenStudy (moazzam07):
100 x 80 ?
OpenStudy (mathstudent55):
Yes.
What do you get?
OpenStudy (moazzam07):
8000
OpenStudy (mathstudent55):
A = 100 in. * 80 in. = 8000 in.^2
Now we have the are in square inches.
The problem wants the are in square feet, so we need to convert.
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OpenStudy (moazzam07):
ok how do we convert
OpenStudy (mathstudent55):
We need to figure out how many square inches there are in a square foot.
OpenStudy (mathstudent55):
First, do you know how many inches there are in a foot?
OpenStudy (moazzam07):
144
OpenStudy (moazzam07):
12
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OpenStudy (mathstudent55):
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OpenStudy (mathstudent55):
Correct.
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OpenStudy (moazzam07):
There are 144 square inches in a square foot
OpenStudy (mathstudent55):
Correct also.
OpenStudy (mathstudent55):
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