Question

Andrea has just created a scale drawing of her bedroom room which is 18 feet long by 12 feet wide. The scale drawing shows the length as 6 inches. What is the width on the scale drawing?

Answer 1

Width of the scale drawing is 4 inches

Step-by-step explanation:

We can solve this problem by using the rule of three.

In fact, the actual size of the bedroom are:

$L=18 ft$ (length)

$W=12 ft$ (width)

In the drawing instead, the actual sizes on scale are

$L' = 6 in$ (length in the scale drawing)

$W'$ (width in the scale drawing)

Therefore, applying the rule of three,

$\frac{L'}{L}=\frac{W'}{W}$

And solving for W', we find the width on the scale drawing:

$W'=\frac{L'W}{L}=\frac{(6 in)(12 ft)}{18 ft}=4 in$

So, the width on the scale drawing is 4 inches.

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