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OpenStudy (bri_5sos):

Please help?! one question, Consumer math. Building an A-frame dog house. Your club has decided to build and sell dog houses for a fundraising project. You found this dog house a set of plans by searching the net. Floor Plate 47 1/4 in 45 1/4 in. 2 in thick Gusset plate 5 3/4 in high 3 1/2 in base A customer has offered to pay extra if you will make one half the size called for in the plans. Take each of the 5 measures shown in the drawing and find half of the measure

OpenStudy (nerdsarecool):

Ok which one should we delete of the bat

OpenStudy (bri_5sos):

of what? i'm really confused with this question question 3

OpenStudy (nerdsarecool):

So we have a dog house

OpenStudy (nerdsarecool):

And we need to find out

OpenStudy (nerdsarecool):

The half of the measure

OpenStudy (nerdsarecool):

And the numbers we have are

OpenStudy (nerdsarecool):

Ok

OpenStudy (nerdsarecool):

Sry i don't know

OpenStudy (fortytherapper):

So he scale is 1/2, so you have to divide each number seen by 2. Lets find the easy one first, at the bottom right. It says 2 inches thick. So If he wants it half the size, what would the new size be? You can either 2(1/2) or 2/2

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