Ruth makes a scale drawing of her room.She uses the scale 3/2in:1ft.In the drawing, the dimensions of her room are 18in by 24in.What are the actual dimensions of her room

Answer 1

3/2in ??

Do you mean 1 1/2 inches = 1 foot?

Answer 2

yes ido

Answer 3

One way to solve this problem is with proportions.

1.5/1 = 18/x

Cross multiply:
1.5x = 18
x = 18/1.5
x = 12 feet

Try the second dimension. I'll be glad to check your answer.

Answer 4

Is it 16 inches

Answer 5

am i right

Answer 6

Your number is correct, but the unit is wrong. Your question asks what are the dimensions of her room.

I told you one of the dimensions is 12 feet. I don't think the other dimension is 16 inches.

Answer 7

thank you Ms.Sue

Answer 8

Your welcome.

I hope you realize that the room measures 12 feet by 16 feet.

Answer 9

How to find the width of if the rectangular room is 2 inches and 5 inches and the actual room size is 1:72 what is the width?

Answer 10

Tamisha works as an interno in an architects office. A designer drew a scale drawing of a kitchen without using grid paper. In the drawing 1 Incháustegui represents 2 and a half feet. Tamishas supervisor wants her to determine the scale factors for the lenghts and the scale factors for the areas