Question

A scale drawing of a game room is shown below:

What is the area of the actual game room in square feet? Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

A) 9 ft2
B) 23 ft2
C) 56 ft2
D) 270 ft2
Please help me!!!!! I just need this question and i can turn in my quiz! I got a F the first time -.- ...

Answer 1

Convert to real scale based on proportion of 1:30

4.5 * 30 = 135 inches

2 * 30 = 60 inches

135 * 60 = 8100 inches^2 however we need this in feet and because we solved for area we need to divide by 12in^2*12in*^2

8100/144 = 56.25 or roughly 56 ft^2

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