A scale drawing of a rectangular room has a length of 6 inches and a width of 4 inches. The drawing uses a scale of 1 inch to 3

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A scale drawing of a rectangular room has a length of 6 inches and a width of 4 inches. The drawing uses a scale of 1 inch to 3

feet. Find the cost to carpet the room if carpeting costs $5 per square foot.

Mathematics

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Strike441 [17] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-01T14:10:23+03:00

Since, an inch is to 3 feet, the length would be 18 feet and the width would be 12. To get the area, multiply length and width. The product would be 216 square feet. If a square foot costs $5, 216 square foot multiplied to $5 would be $1080 which is the cost to carpet the room.