Question

Tina is building a birdhouse. The plans have a scale of

1 cm : 2.5 inches. A rectangular wall of her birdhouse has a drawing length of 2 cm and a width of 4 cm. What will the actual area of the wall be?

Answer 1

Answer: Actual area of wall = 50 sq. inches

Explanation:

Given: Scale : 1 cm : 2.5 inches

A rectangular wall of her birdhouse has a drawing length of 2 cm and a width of 4 cm. What will the actual area of the wall be?

So, Actual length = 2 x 2.5 inches = 5 inches

Actual width = 4 x 2.5 inches = 10 inches

Actual area = Actual length x Actual width

= 5 x 10 = 50 sq. inches

Hence, Actual area of wall = 50 sq. inches