SOLUTION: A blueprint shows the master bedroom to be 5 inches long and 3 inches wide. The scale on the blueprint is 2 inches for every 11 feet. What are the actual length and width of the ma

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Question 524658: A blueprint shows the master bedroom to be 5 inches long and 3 inches wide. The scale on the blueprint is 2 inches for every 11 feet. What are the actual length and width of the master bedroom?
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If 2 inches represents 11 feet, then 1 inch represents half of that, or 5.5 feet. Multiply 5.5 times each of the drawing dimensions.

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