Question

A blueprint of a house shows a wall that is 5 inches long. If the blue pretty strong to a scale of 1:60, what is the actual width of the wall in the house

Answer 1

Given:

A blueprint of a house shows a wall that is 5 inches long.

The blue pretty strong to a scale of 1:60.

To find:

The actual width of the wall in the house.

Solution:

The blue pretty strong to a scale of 1:60.

It means, the dimensions of blueprint to the actual house is 1:60.

Width of a wall in blue print = 5

Let the actual width of the wall in the house be x.

`(5)/(x)=(1)/(60)`

`5* 60=1* x`

`300=x`

Therefore, the width of the wall in the house is 300 inches.