Question

In the floor plan of a home the dining room is 16 mm longer than it is wide. If the floor plan was drawn to the scale 1 mm = 2 inches, what is the actual difference between the length and width of the dining room? A.32 inches b.17 inches c.18 inches D8 inches

Answer 1

Answer:
`32\ \text{inches}`

Explanation:

Given: The difference between the length and the width in the floor plan of the dinning room =16 mm

If the floor plan was drawn to the scale 1 mm = 2 inches.

Then , the actual difference between the length and the width in the floor plan of the dinning room =
`2*16=32\ \text{inches}`

Hence, the actual difference between the length and the width in the floor plan of the dinning room is
`32\ \text{inches}`