A blueprint for a house shows a bedroom being 5.5 inches wide. The scale used to create the blueprint is 0.50 in. = 1 ft. What is the actual width of the bedroom?
Choose the best answer from the options below:
A 11
B 10
C 9
D 8
The scale used in the blueprint is 0.50 in. = 1 ft. This means that every 0.50 inch on the blueprint represents 1 foot in actual measurements. Since the bedroom is 5.5 inches wide on the blueprint, we can calculate the actual width by dividing 5.5 inches by 0.50 inch/ft:
5.5 inches / 0.50 inch/ft = 11 feet
Therefore, the actual width of the bedroom is 11 feet.
Answer: A) 11
To calculate the actual width of the bedroom, we need to convert the measurement on the blueprint to actual feet.
The scale used is 0.50 in. = 1 ft.
Since the bedroom on the blueprint is 5.5 inches wide, we can convert this measurement to feet by dividing it by 12 (since there are 12 inches in 1 foot).
5.5 inches ÷ 12 inches/ft = 0.4583 ft
Therefore, the actual width of the bedroom is approximately 0.4583 feet.
However, since the options given are in whole numbers, we can round up the value.
The rounded-up value of 0.4583 is 1 foot.
Therefore, the actual width of the bedroom is A) 11 feet.