A blueprint for a building includes a rectangular room that measures 3 inches long and 5.5 inches wide. The scale for the blueprint says that 1 inch on the blueprint is equivalent to 10 feet in the actual building. What are the dimensions of this rectangular room in the actual building? (Hint; dimensions means both how long and how wide)
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Length: 3 inches * 10 feet/inch = 30 feet Width: 5.5 inches * 10 feet/inch = 55 feet Show more…
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