Answer:
<em>14850 inches</em>
Step-by-step explanation:
The complete question is...
A scale drawing of a living room is shown below:
A rectangle is shown. The length of the rectangle is labeled 5.5 inches. The width of the rectangle is labeled 3 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.
The ratio of the scale = 1:30
This means that the dimensions of the drawing has been reduced to 1/30 of the actual building's dimensions.
We first scale up the drawing to 30 times to get the dimensions of the actual building.
The length on the drawing = 5.5 inches
The real length of the actual building = 5.5 x 30 = 165 inches
The width of the drawing = 3 inches
The width of the actual building = 3 x 30 = 90 inches
The area of the actual building = length x width
==> 165 x 90 = <em>14850 inches</em>
= 81