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A blueprint for a house uses a scale of 1.4 cm:6.5ft. The actual house is 52 ft tall. How tall is the house in the blueprint? A. 241.2 ft B. 11.2 ft C. 11.2 cm D. 241.4cm
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A blueprint for a house uses a scale of 1.4 cm:6.5ft. The actual house is 52 ft tall. How tall is the house in the blueprint?

A. 241.2 ft
B. 11.2 ft
C. 11.2 cm
D. 241.4cm

User Yashar Aliabbasi
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Create a proportion problem.
1.4/6.5 = X/52
Cross multiply.
72.8 = 6.5x
Divide both sides by 6.5
X = 11.2 ft
B
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