SOLUTION: Maya and Mabel are inspecting an 80:1 scale floor plan for their new house. The dimensions of the living room on the scaled plan are 1 7/8 inches and 2 1/2 inches . What is the ar
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Question 1152076: Maya and Mabel are inspecting an 80:1 scale floor plan for their new house. The dimensions of the living room on the scaled plan are 1 7/8 inches and 2 1/2 inches . What is the area of their real living room in square feet ?
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Maya and Mabel are inspecting an 80:1 scale floor plan for their new house.
The dimensions of the living room on the scaled plan are 1 7/8 inches and 2 1/2 inches .
What is the area of their real living room in square feet ?
:
multiply the dimensions in improper fractions, by 80, convert to ft
80 * = = 12.5 ft
80 * = = 16.667 ft
Find the area
12.5 * 16.667 = 208.33 sq/ft
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