Question

The Galen Middle School is building a new bicycle storage shed in the school yard. On a carpenter's blueprint, the scale reads 1 in. = 3 ft. The frame for a doorway on the blueprint is shown as a in. Wide and 2a in. High. When the shed is built, what will be the actual dimensions of the doorway

Answer 1

Width = 3a

Height = 6a

Explanation:

Given the following :

Scale = 1 in = 3 feets

Doorway frame on blueprint= a inches wide ; 2a inches High

Actual dimension of the doorway:

Since 1 in represent 3 feets

Actual doorway frame dimension will be :

Width = 3 * a = 3a

Height = 3 * 2a = 6a