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A house on a floor plan is 10.5 inches long and 6.5 inches wide. If the scale used is 0.5 inch = 2 ft, how long is the actual house?

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To solve this problem you must apply the proccedure shown below:

1. You have the following information given in the problem above:

- The house on the plan is 10.5 inches long and 6.5 inches wide.
- The scale used is 0.5 inch=2 ft

2. Therefore, you have:

0.5 inch-------2 feet
10.5 inches--x

x=10.5x2/0.5
x=42 feet

Therefore, the answer is: 42 feet long.