Question

A scaled drawing of May’s room is a square with an area of 16 square inches. If her actual bedroom has a side length of 12 ft, what is the scale of the drawing? 1in = _____ ft

Answer 1

9 ft

Explanation:

your area in the model is 16 in, and to get area you do LxW or BxH same thing. The room is a square, which means all sides are going to be 12ft. multiply 12 by 12=144 now you have

16in=144ft

then you divide 144 by 16 and get 9.

1in=9ft

Sry if im wrong, have a great day/night :}

Edit: yes i was wrong

Answer 2

I think the answer is 28 feet?