Question

An architect is creating a scale drawing of a school computer lab. The length of the lab is 32 feet and the width of the lab is 48 feet. If each 16 feet of the lab equals 2 centimeters on a scale drawing, which of the following drawings is the scale drawing of the computer lab?

Answer 1

The scale drawing of the computer lab will have a length of 4 centimeter and a widtgh of 6 centimeter.

Answer 2

The length of the rectangle is equal to 6 cm and the width is equal to 4 cm.

Explanation:

Given is : The length of the lab is 32 feet and the width of the lab is 48 feet and each 16 feet of the lab equals 2 centimeters on a scale drawing.

So, We will divide the actual length with 16 and multiply by 2 as 16 feet is equal to 2 cm.

So, length will be =
`(48)/(16) *2` = 6 cm

Width will be =
`(32)/(16) *2` = 4 cm

Therefore, the length of the rectangle is equal to 6 cm and the width is equal to 4 cm.