Question

problems 8 - 10: a rectangular room has a length of 12 feet and a width of 15 feet. a contractor creates a blueprint of the room using a scale factor of $\frac{1}{6}$. 8. determine the length and width of the room on the blueprint.

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate length on blueprint

Multiply actual length by scale factor.
$12\times\frac{1}{6}= 2$ (feet)

Step2: Calculate width on blueprint

Multiply actual width by scale factor.
$15\times\frac{1}{6}=\frac{15}{6} = 2.5$ (feet)

Answer:

Length on blueprint is 2 feet and width on blueprint is 2.5 feet.