clearance items in a store are all marked down proportionally. A shirt with an original price of $32 is on clearance of $12. wha
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Answer:
72 sq. inch.
Step-by-step explanation:
9 inches in feet is 9/12 = 0.75 feet.
We can set up a ratio to figure out the width of the scale drawing.
This means <u>"if 36 feet is 0.75 feet in drawing, how much (let that be x) is 32 feet?"</u>
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let's cross multiply and solve for x:
<em>So width is 2/3 feet and length is 0.75 feet.</em>
<em>Converting back to inches (since we need the area in sq. inches):</em>
<em>2/3 feet = 2/3 * 12 = 8 inches, and</em>
<em>0.75 feet = 0.75 * 12 = 9 inches</em>
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<em>Hence, area is 8 * 9 = 72 sq. inches.</em>