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19 May, 20:34

A scale drawing for the floor of a rectangular office shows the floor to be 33 feet long and 24 feet wide. The business wants to increase the length of the floor by 30%. The builder recreates the scale drawing to show this change. If the scale drawing shows that 1 centimeter=6 feet, then what is the length of the floor on the new scale drawing?

A. 1.65 cm

B. 4.90 cm

C. 7.15 cm

D. 10.50 cm

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  1. 19 May, 20:57
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    The length of the floor increased by 30% would be 33x1.30 = 42.9 feet.

    The scale is 1 cm = 6 feet.

    The drawing would be:

    42.9 / 6 = 7.15 cm long

    The answer is C.
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