The scale drawing of a room is drawn on a grid that represents a quarter-inch grid paper. The scale is 1/4 in.:4 ft. Redraw the scale drawing of the same room using a different scale. What scale did you use? What is the length and width of the actual room? What is the area of the actual room?

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The scale drawing of a room is drawn on a grid that represents a quarter-inch grid paper. The scale is 1/4 in.:4 ft. Redraw the scale drawing of the same room using a different scale. What scale did you use? What is the length and width of the actual room? What is the area of the actual room?

 
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Given that the scale is 1/4 in 4 ft.

Length = 10 × 4 = 40 ft 

Width = 6 × 4 = 24 ft 

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