Question

The length of a bedroom in a blueprint is 5in. and the width is 7in. The actual length of the bedroom is 12ft. Identify the actual width of the bedroom in feet.

Answer 1

To solve this problem, we can use cross multiplication:

First, we can to convert inches into feet so...

5 inches = 0.416667 ft

7 inches = 0.583333 ft

(0.416667 ft/ 0.583333 ft) = (12 ft/ x ft)

x = 16.8 ft

So the actual width is 16.8 ft.

Hope this helps!