SOLUTION: On the blueprint of a house, 25 millimeters represents 4 meters. The actual length of the living room is 9 meters. What is its length on the blueprint?

Question 202686: On the blueprint of a house, 25 millimeters represents 4 meters. The actual length of the living room is 9 meters. What is its length on the blueprint?

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Since 25 millimeters represents 4 meters and x millimeters represents 9 meters, These values form the proportion

Start with the given ratio

Multiply both sides by 9

Multiply

Divide

Rearrange the equation

So the solution is which means that 56.25 mm represents 9 m
RELATED QUESTIONS
On the blueprint of a house, 48 millimeters represents 9 meters. The actual length... (answered by Theo,josgarithmetic)

On the blueprint of a house, 27 millimeters represents 8 meters. The actual length of the (answered by Theo)

On the blueprint of a house, 45 millimeters represents 8 meters. The actual length of... (answered by rfer)

On the blueprint of a house, 44 millimeters represents 6 meters. The length of the living (answered by addingup,josgarithmetic)

On the blueprint of a house, 39 millimeters represents 6 meters. Then length of the... (answered by fractalier)

Hi I need help with a length question in geometry please. On the blueprint of a house,... (answered by stanbon)

A blueprint of a house has a scale in which 1 inch represents 4 and one half (4 1/2)... (answered by Alan3354,fractalier)

A living room measures 32 cm by 40.5 cm on an architect's blueprint. The scale of the... (answered by checkley75)

A 1-in. length on the blueprint corresponds to an actual length of 3 ft. (answered by richwmiller)