the blueprints for a new house is scaled so that 1/4 inch is equal to 1 foot. The blueprints are the preimage and the house is the diliated image.

Question

the scale factor in terms of inches to inches

the scale factor is 48

one inch on the blueprints represents how many inches in the actual house?How many feet?

one inch in the blueprints represents__________inches, or ___________feet,in the house

Answer 1

1/4 in = 1 ft = 12 in
scale factors
.25 in / ft
and
.25 in / 12 in which as you said is 1/48
so
1 in * (1 ft/.25 in) = 4 ft
1 in * (12 in / .25 in) = 48 in