Question

Norris is doing renovations in the living room of his home. The length of the room is 22

feet, and the width of the room is 19 feet. A proportional scale drawing of the room was
created that has width of 38 inches. What is the length in the scale drawing?

Answer 1

44 inches

Explanation:

If the width of the room is 19 feet, and the width of the scale drawing of the room is 38 inches, to determine the scale of feet to inches, divide both values by 19:

⇒ 19 ft = 38 inches

⇒ 19/19 ft = 38/19 inches

⇒ 1 ft = 2 inches

Therefore, 1 foot is represented by 2 inches on the scale drawing.

To calculate the length of the scale drawing, multiply the actual length of the room by 2:

⇒ 22 × 2 = 44 inches

Therefore, the length of the scale drawing is 44 inches.