Rose has made this scale drawing of her house. if her house is actually 56 feet wide, then the scale of her drawing is a) 1 inch = 12 feet. b) 1 inch = 16 feet. c) 1 inch = 20 feet. d) 1 inch = 24 feet.

First step is to get rid of the square root. remember that a square root is the same as raising to the (1/2) power. see below: multiply exponents per exponent rules to get: remember you subtract exponents from the denominator and add exponents in the numerator so: simplify further: so a is the correct choice. if you don't understand this google exponent rules and it will you understand. look at the image results.