Question

1/4 inch on the floor plan = 1 foot in reality 1. On the floor plan, the door is 8⁄4" wide. How wide is the door in reality?

Answer 1

A door that is 8/4 inches wide on a floor plan with a scale of 1/4 inch = 1 foot translates to an actual width of 8 feet in reality.

Step-by-step explanation:

On a floor plan where 1/4 inch represents 1 foot in reality, a door that is 8/4 inches wide on the floor plan would correspond to an actual width of 8 feet in reality.

First, we simplify the fraction 8/4 to 2, which means the door on the floor plan is 2 inches wide. Then, since the given scale is 1/4 inch on the drawing equals 1 foot in real life, we calculate the real-life width by multiplying the width on the drawing (2 inches) by 4 (since 1 inch is equal to 4 times 1/4 inch). The answer is 2 inches × 4 = 8 feet in reality. Hence, the actual width of the door is 8 feet.