A blueprint of a house has a scale of 1 in : 6 ft. The living room has dimensions of 18 ft by 24 feet. What are the dimensions of the living room in inches?

Question

Please show how you did it.

Answer 1

Dividing the dimensions of the living room by 6 feet,

the drawing will have the dimensions 3 in by 4 in

Answer 2

If I am understanding the question correctly, every 6 feet in real life will be equivalent to 1 inch "on paper", or in the blueprint. Using dimensional analysis, which is a methodology for converting from one unit to another, we have:

18 feet * 1 inch / 6 feet = 3 inches

On the other axis,

24 feet * 1 inch / 6 feet = 4 inches

Therefore, the blueprint for this 18x24 foot room, with a scale of 6 feet:1inch, should be 3x4 inches.