Question

A scale drawing of Jimmy's living room is shown below:

If each 2 cm on the scale drawing equals 8 feet, what are the actual dimensions of the room?

Length = 8 feet, width = 6 feet
Length = 12 feet, width = 8 feet
Length = 18 feet, width = 16 feet
Length = 24 feet, width = 16 feet

Answer 1

The answer is

Explanation:

If 2cm is 8 feet on the drawing then since 4 is the double of 8,

16 would be the width

8·2=16

For the length, 4 is two less than 6 so, to find the width,

Add 16+2=18

Therefore,

The answer is C.

Length=18 Width=16

Answer 2

Length = 24 ft, width = 16 ft

Explanation:

The scale is 2 cm (drawing) = 8 ft (real).

The drawing length is 6 cm.

6 cm is 3 times 2 cm

Multiply both sides of the scale by 3.

3 * 2 cm = 3 * 8 ft

6 cm = 24 ft

The real length is 24 ft.

The drawing width is 4 cm.

4 cm is 2 times 2 cm

Multiply both sides of the scale by 2.

2 * 2 cm = 2 * 8 ft

4 cm = 16 ft

The real width is 16 ft.

Answer:

Length = 24 ft, width = 16 ft