SOLUTION: An architect draws a blueprint of a house. He draws the living room on the blueprint as 4.5 in. long by 6 in. wide with a scale of 1 in. for every 4 ft. He draws a second copy of t

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Question 1048480: An architect draws a blueprint of a house. He draws the living room on the blueprint as 4.5 in. long by 6 in. wide with a scale of 1 in. for every 4 ft. He draws a second copy of the blueprint with a scale of 1 in. for every 3 ft. How many inches long should the living room be in this second blueprint?
Answer by chen.aavaz(62)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
From the first blueprint, the living room actual length is l, where l is:

Now at the second copy, the length of the (designed) living room must be L, where:

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