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Scale Drawing
living room graph
The scale is given as one-fourth inch equals 18 inches. A window is four squares on the far left in the center. A stereo is 2 squares long and 1.5 squares high at the bottom. A sofa is 5 squares long and 2.5 squares high at the bottom. A door is 2.5 squares long at the bottom. Above the stereo, a chair is 2 squares long and 2 squares high placed on a diagonal. Above that, a table is an oval shape that’s 2 squares long. Above that, a chair is 2 squares long and 2 squares high placed on a diagonal in the opposite direction. A fireplace at the top is 5 squares long and 1 square high. Next to it in the right corner, a bookcase is 2.5 squares long and 1 square high. Below that, a door is 2.5 squares long. Below that, a television is 2 squares long and 1 square high.
Question
Sometimes scale drawings are shown on graph paper. Each square on this graph paper is one-fourth inch. Use the scale drawing of the living room to answer the question.
What is the length of the fireplace in inches?
(1 point)
Responses
90 inches
90 inches
45 inches
45 inches
180 inches
180 inches
100 inches
100 inches
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The correct answer is 45 inches.
Explanation: The scale is one-fourth inch equals 18 inches, so the length of the fireplace in inches would be 5 squares x 4 (since each square is one-fourth inch) x 18 = 90 inches.