Question

In a scale drawing of a house, 1 inch represents 8 feet.Answer the following.Scale1 in: 8 ft(a) In the scale drawing, the height of the house is 3inches. What is the height of the real house?feet(b) The length of the real house is 32 feet. What is thelength of the house in the scale drawing?inchesI need help with this math problem.

Answer 1

Given

Scale - 1 in : 8 ft

Find

Height of real house

length of house in scale drawing

Explanation

Given

1 inch = 8 ft

a) In the scale drawing, the height of the house is 3

inches.

so , height of the real house is 3 * 8 = 24 ft

b) length of the real house is 32 feet

so , length of the house in the scale drawing =

$\frac{32}{8}=4inch$

Final Answer

Hence ,

a)