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The area of a square floor on a scale drawing is 25 square centimeters, and the scale drawing is 1 centimeter:5 ft. What is the area of the actual floor? What is the ratio of the area in the drawing to the actual area?

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Answer:


625ft^(2)

Explanation:

First get the l by finding the square root of the area


√(25) = 5cm

since 1cm = 5ft

what about 5cm =?

(5cm×5ft)/1cm

l=25ft

area of the actual floor is l × l


25^(2)

which is
625ft^(2)

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