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OpenStudy (anonymous):

A scale drawing of a kitchen is shown below. The scale is 1 : 20. Show your work to determine the area of the room in square feet.

OpenStudy (i_love_my_nieces):

What is the question?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

to determine the area of the room in square feet.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

multiply both sides by 20. so 4x20, and 5x20. then yo multiply those values to get your area. which will be 80x100 = 8000 {insert units} squared

OpenStudy (anonymous):

that will give u the answer in square inches. then you convert to feet. which is 8000/12 = 666.67

OpenStudy (welshfella):

no the conversion factor of sq inches to square feet is 144

OpenStudy (welshfella):

so its 8000 / 144 sq ft

OpenStudy (anonymous):

how is that? @welshfella

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@welshfella is correct

OpenStudy (welshfella):

there are 12 inches in a foot so there 12*12 = 144 square inches in a square foor

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ya you are correct

OpenStudy (welshfella):

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