Question

A bedroom has dimensions of 12 ft by 14 ft. If the blueprints of the roof have a scale of 1 ft = 4mm, what would be the measurements of the room on the blueprints?

Answer 1

The bedroom dimensions on the blueprints, using a scale of 1 ft = 4 mm, would be 48 millimeters by 56 millimeters.

Step-by-step explanation:

To translate the actual dimensions of a room into scale measurements for a blueprint, we use the given scale factor. The given scale of 1 ft = 4 mm means for every foot in reality, it translates to 4 millimeters on the blueprint. Therefore, we multiply the actual room dimensions by the scale factor to obtain the size on the blueprint.

For the length:
12 ft × 4 mm/ft = 48 mm
For the width:
14 ft × 4 mm/ft = 56 mm

Using the scale, the room's length and width on the blueprint should be 48 millimeters and 56 millimeters respectively.