Question

The blueprints for a new barn have a scale of 1/2 inch = 1 foot. A farmer wants to make sure she will have enough room for 12 new horse stalls to fit along one of the barn walls. Each stall has a width of five feet. If the blueprint of the barn is 20 inches by 30 inches, will there be enough room for the stalls?

Answer 1

Answer: yes

Step-by-step explanation: Wall would be 60 feet wide. 60 / 5 = 12.

Answer 2

Yes

Explanation:

Given :

1/2 in = 1 foot

re-written as : 1 in = 2 feet

THe blueprint is drawn to be 30 inches long

this is equivalent to 30 in x 2 feet/in = 60 feet long

With a minimum width of 5 feet per stall,

the number of stalls in 60 feet = 60 feet / 5 feet = 12 stalls

Hence there will be enough room for 12 stalls.