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On the blueprints of Adam's office building, the length of his rectangular office space is 5 1/4 inches. If the actual length of Adam's office space is 10 1/2 feet, what is the scale of the blueprint?
5.25/10.5 = 1/x
Cross multiply and solve for x.
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To find the scale, we can use the proportion method. The proportion between the length on the blueprint and the actual length is the same as the proportion between the length on the blueprint and the length in feet.
Let's set up the proportion:
Blueprint length / Actual length = Blueprint length / Length in feet
In this case, the length on the blueprint is given as 5 1/4 inches, and the actual length is 10 1/2 feet. We need to convert the lengths to the same units before setting up the proportion.
To convert 5 1/4 inches to feet, we divide it by 12 since there are 12 inches in a foot:
5 1/4 inches = 5.25 ÷ 12 = 0.4375 feet (approximately).
Now we can set up the proportion:
0.4375 / 10.5 = 5.25 / x
We can find x, which represents the scale, by cross-multiplying and solving for x:
0.4375 * x = 10.5 * 5.25
x = (10.5 * 5.25) / 0.4375
Calculating this value gives us:
x ≈ 126
Therefore, the scale of Adam's office blueprint is 1 inch on the blueprint represents approximately 126 inches in reality.