Question

Kenneth measured a hotel and made a scale drawing the scale he used was 1 inch= 4 feet the actual length of a room in the hotel is 20 feel how long is the room in the drawing

Answer 1

The length of the room in the drawing is 5 inches.

Explanation:

Given:

Kenneth measured a hotel and made a scale drawing the scale he used was 1 inch= 4 feet.

The actual length of a room in the hotel is 20 feet.

Now, to find the length of the room in the drawing.

Let the length of the room in the drawing be
`x.`

The actual length of the room = 20 feet.

The scale used in drawing is 1 inch = 4 feet.

As, 1 inch is equivalent to 4 feet.

Thus,
`x` is equivalent to 20 feet.

Now, to get the length of the room in the drawing we use cross multiplication method:

`(1)/(4) =(x)/(20)`

By cross multiplying we get:

`20=4x`

Dividing both sides by 4 we get:

`5=x`

`x=5\ inches.`

Therefore, the length of the room in the drawing is 5 inches.