Question

A blueprint for a house shows a bedroom being 5.5 inches wide. The scale used to create the blueprint is 0.50 in. = 1 ft. What is the actual width of the bedroom?

Answer 1

Set up a proportion and cross multiply.

0.5/1 = 5.5/x
0.5x = 5.5
x = 11 feet

Answer 2

I dont know how to do this

Answer 3

A blueprint for a house shows a bedroom being 5.5 inches wide. The scale used to create the blueprint is 0.50 in. = 1 ft. What is the actual width of the bedroom?