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In a scale drawing, Matt's dining room measures 6 inches long by 4 inches wide. The actual length of the dining room is 12 feet. What is the actual width of the dining room?

User Aljoscha
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Answer:

8

Explanation:

make a ratio

length of scale/width of scale=length of real/width of real

6/4=12/x

x=8

Hope that helps :)

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