SOLUTION: A blueprint of a house has a scale in which 1 inch represents 4 and one half (4 1/2) feet. If a living room wall measures 6 and one fourth (6 1/4) inches on the drawing, what is t

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Question 1016621: A blueprint of a house has a scale in which 1 inch represents 4 and one half (4 1/2) feet. If a living room wall measures 6 and one fourth (6 1/4)
inches on the drawing, what is the actual length of the wall?

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Here's how I understand what you wrote:
A blueprint of a house has a scale in which 1 inch represents 4 and one half (4 1/2) feet. If a living room wall measures 6 and one fourth (6 1/4)
inches on the drawing, what is the actual length of the wall?
You merely multiply 4.5 by 6.25 and get
28 1/8 = 28.125 feet