Question

The dimensions of a rectangular floor in a floor plan are 4 cm by 6 cm. In actuality, the shorter side of the floor is 5m. Find the length of the longer side.

Answer 1

7.5

Explanation:

Answer 2

A scale factor is the ratio of two similar geometric figures of their corresponding sides. The scale factor is calculated by locating the corresponding sides on each figure. We use this fact to solve as follows:

4/5 = 6/x
x = 7.5 m <--------length of the longer side

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