SOLUTION: On a blueprint, the scale indicates that 6 cm represents 22 ft. the room is 9 cm long and 4 cm wide on the blueprint. What is the width of the room to the nearest foot? Wha

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Question 430200: On a blueprint, the scale indicates that 6 cm represents 22 ft. the room is 9 cm long and 4 cm wide on the blueprint.
What is the width of the room to the nearest foot?
What is the length of the room to the nearest foot?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hi

 6cm%2F22ft+=+9cm%2FL   |cross multiplying

L = 22*9/6 = 33ft 

 6cm%2F22ft+=+4cm%2FW+   |cross multiplying



 W = 22*4/6 = 15ft (rounded to the nearest foot)