document.write( "Question 267852:  Ariana and her father build a 0.08 scale model of her grandmother's cottage in Greece as a present for her mother. If the the scale model has a square footage of 7.68 square feet and if one side is 3.2 feet long, what is the square footage of her grandmother's cottage?\r
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document.write( "So far I think I got the other length, 2.4 ft.
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document.write( "But would I do after that? \n" );
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| Algebra.Com's Answer #196459 by Alan3354(69443)     You can put this solution on YOUR website! Ariana and her father build a 0.08 scale model of her grandmother's cottage in Greece as a present for her mother. If the the scale model has a square footage of 7.68 square feet and if one side is 3.2 feet long, what is the square footage of her grandmother's cottage? \n" ); document.write( "So far I think I got the other length, 2.4 ft. \n" ); document.write( "But would I do after that? \n" ); document.write( "----------------------- \n" ); document.write( "It is 3.2 by 2.4 at 0.08 scale. \n" ); document.write( "Both dimensions are 0.08 times the actual \n" ); document.write( "s1*0.08 = 3.2 \n" ); document.write( "s1 = 3.2/0.08 = 40 feet \n" ); document.write( "s1 = 2.4/0.08 = 30 feet \n" ); document.write( "Area = 40*30 = 1200 square feet \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |