Chapter 6.6, Problem 2GP

To determine

To find: The width of the actual exhibit room in a museum when on map, its width is given as 7.25 inches with the scale 1 inch $=8$ feet.

Answer to Problem 2GP

Actual width of the exhibit room for dinosaur is 58 feet.

Explanation of Solution

Given information: 

In a map of museum, the width of an exhibit room is given as 7.25 inches and its scale is given as 1 inch $=8$ feet.

Concept used:

Here 1 inch is given equal to 8 feet and is to calculate how much feet in is 7.25 inches. So, 8 will be multiplied by 7.25 to get actual width of the exhibit room.

Calculation:

Actual width of the exhibit room is calculated as follows:

  $\begin{array}{l}\Rightarrow 8\times 7.25\\ \Rightarrow 58\text{feet}\end{array}$

So, actual width of the exhibit room is 58 feet.