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A blueprint of a house shows a dining room with

an area of 7 square inches. If the blueprint's
scale is 1 inch: 6 feet, what would be the actual
area of the dining room?
A = 7 in.²
Actual Area = [?] ft²

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Answer: The Actual area of the dining room is 252 square feet.

Step-by-step explanation:

How to Find the Actual Area Using Scale?

Given that the area of the house on a blueprint = is 7 square inches.

The scale of the blueprint = is 1 inch: 6 feet.

Therefore, we would have the following proportion:

The area on the blueprint/actual area = square of the scale

7/actual area = 1²/6²

7/actual area = 1/36

Actual area = (7)(36)

Actual area = 252 square feet.

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