Question

You are building a doghouse for Fido, your loyal poodle. The blueprint of the doghouse uses a scale of 1 : 14. The floor of the doghouse measures 2" x 2.5" on the blueprint.

Answer 1

28" x 35"

Explanation:

Based on the ratio we see that for every 1 inch in the blueprint there are a total of 14 inches in the real-life model of the doghouse. Therefore, in order to find the actual dimensions of the real-life doghouse we simply need to multiply the individual length and width dimensions of the blueprint by 14. Since the real-life model is 14 times bigger according to the ratio.

2 * 14 = 28

2.5 * 14 = 35

Finally, we can see that the real-life doghouse has a the following dimensions 28" x 35"