A room measures 12 feet by 15 feet. find the scale that would allow the room to be shown as large as possible on a piece of paper. explain your reasoning.

Answer 1

What is the size of the piece of paper?

Answer 2

paper probably is 8.5 by 11 inches
8.5/12 = .708 inches per foot
11/15 = .733 inches per foot
so the width sets the boundary

say 0.7 inches/foot

then 12 feet comes out 8.4 inches
and 15 feet comes out 10.5 inches

if they want a scale ratio instead of inches per foot it would be
.7 inches /foot * 1/12 foot/inch = .058 feet paper/foot model or the inverse is 17.1 feet of room to 1 foot of paper

Answer 3

7 in by 8 in

Answer 4

So I have problem that say 12feet by 15 for the actual measurements on floor plan