Question

Asia made a scale drawing of her badroom using a scale of 0.5 centimeter = 1 meter. The actual length of her bedroom is 4.5 meters. What is the length of Asias bedroom on the scale drawing

Answer 1

Asia´s bedroom is 2.25 centimeters long on the scale drawing.

Explanation:

1. As the scale drawing of Asia´s bedroom is using a scale of 0.5 centimeter = 1 meter, you should use the following convertion to find the lenght of Asia´s bedroom on the scale drawing. Note that the units meter in the conversion factor must be placed on the denominator, as the units you want to convert are meters.

`4.5meters*(0.5centimeter)/(1meter)=2.25centimeter`

Therefore Asia´s bedroom is 2.25 centimeters long on the scale drawing.

Answer 2

The length of Asia's bedroom on the scale drawing is 2. 5 cm.

Explanation:

Here , the scale is 0. 5 cm = 1 meter

The actual length of the bed room is 4.5 meters.

According to the scale,

1 m = 0. 5 cm

⇒ 4. 5 m = (0.5 x 4 . 5) cm

= 2. 5 cm

or, on the drawing scale the length of her bedroom is 2.5 cm.

Hence, the length of Asia's bedroom on the scale drawing is 2. 5 cm.