SOLUTION: An architect creates the blueprint of a new office building. The blueprint uses a scale of 1 inch = 2.5 feet and shows the area of the office building to be 336 square inches.

Question 1111651: An architect creates the blueprint of a new office building. The blueprint uses a scale of 1 inch = 2.5 feet and shows the area of the office building to be 336 square inches.

What will be the area of the office building?

Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A square measuring 1 inch by 1 inch in the blueprint has an area of 1 square inch.
It represents a square measuring 2.5 feet by 2.5 feet in the building,
which would have a surface area of

.
Regardless of shape, every square inch in the blueprint represents 6.25square feet in the actual building floor surface.
The area of the office building, in square feet, will be
.
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