A rectangular classroom is 12 meters long and 8 meters wide, you want to make a scale drawing of the room using a scale of 1cm:4 meters what will be the dimensions of your scale drawing?

A.) 48cm by 32cm

B.) 3 cm by 2cm

C.) 8cm by 4cm

D.) 6cm by4cm

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Addison Faulkner

Mathematics

23 February, 01:24

A rectangular classroom is 12 meters long and 8 meters wide, you want to make a scale drawing of the room using a scale of 1cm:4 meters what will be the dimensions of your scale drawing?

A.) 48cm by 32cm

B.) 3 cm by 2cm

C.) 8cm by 4cm

D.) 6cm by4cm

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Enrique Middleton · Answer 1

3 cm by 2cm

Step-by-step explanation:

the scale drawing is smaller than the classroom

so we take the ratio 1 cm : 4m and multiply it to the dimensions.

(1 cm/4m) * 12 m = 3cm

(1 cm/4m) * 8 m = 2cm

classroom will be 3 cm long and 2 cm wide

choice B.

A rectangular classroom is 12 meters long and 8 meters wide, you want to make a scale drawing of the room using a scale of 1cm:4 meters what will be the dimensions of your scale drawing?A.) 48cm by 32cmB.) 3 cm by 2cmC.) 8cm by 4cmD.) 6cm by4cm

A rectangular classroom is 12 meters long and 8 meters wide, you want to make a scale drawing of the room using a scale of 1cm:4 meters what will be the dimensions of your scale drawing?

A.) 48cm by 32cm

B.) 3 cm by 2cm

C.) 8cm by 4cm

D.) 6cm by4cm