Question

A scale drawing of a living room is shown below: A rectangle is shown. The length of the rectangle is labeled 3 inches. The width of the rectangle is labeled 5.5 inches. The scale is 1 to 30. What is the area of the actual living room in square feet? Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

Answer 1

Steps to solve:
1. Find area: 3in*5.5in=16.5in
2. Scale:
16.5*30=495ft
Answer=495ft
(If scale was 1in to 30in covert 495in to ft which is 4ft 3in which is rounded to 4ft)