Question

Anylu drew a picture of her bedroom using the scale 1in=2ft. In her drawing the length of her bedroom was 3 1/2 ftand the width of her room was 3 1/8 in. What are the actual dimensions of her room?Ready? Enter your answer here.

Answer 1

Answer: 7 ft x 6.25 ft

Explanation:

To answer this question we need to make use of the scale:

$1in=2ft$

This means that 1 inch of her drawing represents 2 feets in real life.

To convert from the measurements of her drawing to the actual measurements of her room we need to take the quantity in inches and multily it by 2 and now they become feet.

Length of the room

In her drawing: 3 1/2 in

In real life:

$3\frac{1}{2}(2)=3.5(2)=7ft$

Width of the room: 3 1/8 in

In real life:

$3\frac{1}{8}(2)=3.125(2)=6.25ft$

The dimensions of the room are: 7 ft x 6.25 ft