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An architect’s blueprint for a new house shows the kitchen being 7 inches wide. If the scale used to create the blueprint is 0.5 in. = 1 ft, what is the actual width of the kitchen?
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An architect’s blueprint for a new house shows the kitchen being 7 inches wide. If the scale used to create the blueprint is 0.5 in. = 1 ft, what is the actual width of the kitchen?

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7in * 1ft/0.5in = 14ft
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shrinking ratio is 1/2 thus actual size would be 7*2=14 feet
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