Question

Harper's house is 30 feet wide and 45 feet long. On a scale drawing, the house is 4 inches wide and 6 inches long, and Harper's bedroom is 1.2 inches wide and 1.6 inches long.

What are the actual measurements of Harper's bedroom?

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Harper's bedroom is c feet wide and c feet long.

Answer 1

this is problem of ratio and proportion. to solve this, fisrt is calculate the convertion factor.
so the house is 30 feet in actual and 4 in wide on drawing
30 feet / 4 in = 7.5 feet / inso in every inch in the drawing is equivalent to 7.5 feet on actual.
1.2 in ( 7.5 ft/ in) = 9 ft
1.6 in ( 7.5 ft/ in) = 12 ft