The scale for this drawing is 3 in. = 8 ft. On the drawing, the length of the kitchen measures 7 in. What is the length of the actual Kitchen? Round your

answer to the nearest foot.

19 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

First we must make the scale make sense, that is, it is in the same unit, therefore, we will pass 3 inches to feet, we know 1 foot is 12 inches, therefore:

3 inches * 1 foot / 12 inches = 0.25 feet

Which means that the real equivalence is 0.25: 8, now they are 7 inches, therefore:

7 inches * 1 foot / 12 inches = 0.583333

Now, we calculate the number of actual feet using the scale.

0.583333 * 8 / 0.25 = 18.66 feet

that is to say that the length of the current Kitchen is 19 feet if we round

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call the larger triangle abc

then the smaller triangle cde is similar to abc (all angles are equal, aaa).  

ab is the side that is 36, and we wish to find de, the side corresponding to ab

area_cde = area_abc - area_cde --> area_abc / area_cde = 2

let x=length of de

ratio of areas = (ratio of sides)^2

+2+=+%2836%2fx%29%5e2+

+2+=+1296%2fx%5e2+

++x%5e2+=+1296%2f2+=+648+

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