An architect's electronic blueprint of a building has a scale of 1 inch equals 12 feet.

Question

What's the actual distance between the floor on the first floor and the floor on the 15th floor if the blueprint shows that the two floors are 14.375 inches apart?

Answer 1

Set up equal ratios:

(12 feet)/(1 inch) = (x feet)/(14.375 inches)

12/1 = x/14.375

Solve for x. Units are feet.