Question

andy is making floor plans for a tree house using a scale 1in to 2ft he wants to make the floor of the tree house have a length of 8ft. how many inches should he show for this distance on his floor plan

Answer 1

Andy should represent the 8 feet long floor on the floor plan with a dimension of 4 inches

Explanation:

The scale of the tree house plan is given as 1 in. to 2 ft,

Therefore we have a scale of 1/2 in. of the floor plane is equivalent to 1 ft. in actual dimensions

Given that Andy wants the floor to make the tree house floor to have a length of 8 ft., let the dimension of the floor plan of the house floor be x, we have;

`((1)/(2) \ inches \ plan )/(1 \ feet \ actual) =(x \ inches \ plan)/(8 \ feet \ actual)`

`x \ inches \ plan =((1)/(2) \ inches \ plan )/(1 \ feet \ actual) * 8 \ feet \ actual = 4 \ inches`

Therefore, Andy should represent the 8 feet long floor on the floor plan with a dimension of 4 inches.