SOLUTION: If the length of a living room is 15 feet, what will that length measure in inches on a blueprint whose scale is 1/6 inch to the foot?

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Question 19785: If the length of a living room is 15 feet, what will that length measure in inches on a blueprint whose scale is 1/6 inch to the foot?
Answer by xcentaur(357)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
scale is:(1/6)inch to the foot
so 1 inch means 6 feet


length of the room is 15 feet


so we get,
1 inch ... 6 feet
? inches ... 15 feet
cross multiply
number of inches=(15*1)/6=2.5


hope this helps,
Prabhat

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