The Smiths want to buy a 9 ft. by 12 ft. carpet and center it in a 15 ft. by 20 ft. room.

2 answers:

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The room scale will only fit on an 8 1/2" X 11" page if 1/2 iinch = 1 foot is used. If we take the largest measurement 15 X 20......the 15 would hang over the edge of the paper no matter which way we turn it. With the 1/2" we can get 17 feet on the 8 1/2 side and and 22 on the 11" side.

1/2 inch = 1 foot is the correct answer

Maksim231197 [3]2 years ago

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<span>1 inch = 1 foot is the answer. The</span> appropriate scale to use on an 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of paper for a sketch of the room and carpet is <span>1 inch = 1 foot. The other choices are incorrect because it is not possible for 1/2 inch= 1 foot and it is grammatically wrong when we say 1 inches= 1 foot.</span><span />

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