Question

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

First, multiply the rectangle by the scale factor (30), which gives you a rectangle of 60 by 165 inches. In feet, that's 5 by 13.75, which gives us an area of 68.75', which can be rounded to 39' squared.

Answer 2

Well, $1"=30'$
$5.5*3*30=x$
Solve for $x$.