Corrected Question
The blueprint for the Moreno Moreno's living room has a scale of 2 inches equals 7 feet.The family wants to use a scale of 1 inch equals = 6 feet. What is the width of the living room on the new blueprint? A rectangle is labeled width = 12 inches.
Answer:
7 Inch
Explanation:
The width of the room on the old blueprint = 12 Inches
Scale on the old blueprint:
2 inches = 7 feet.
Therefore: 1 Inch =7/2 feet
12 Inches =12 X 7/2 feet =42 feet
The actual width of the room is 42 feet.
Scale on the new blueprint
1 inch equals = 6 feet; which we can reorder as:
6 feet=1 inch
1 feet =1/6 Inch
Therefore:
42 feet = 42 x 1/6 Inch =7 Inch
Thus, the width of the living room on the new blueprint is 7 Inch.