ASSIGNMENT
1. Architecture In a scale drawing, a wall is 8 centimeters long. The actual wall is 20 meters long. Find the scale of the drawing.
2 Interior Design A sofa is 8 feet long. In a scale drawing, the sofa is 3 inches long. Find the scale of the drawing.
3. Basketball Court A scale drawing of a basketball court has a scale of 1 inch : 9 feet. a. The basketball court is 94 feet by 50 feet. Find the dimensions of the court in the drawing.
b. The free throw line is 15 feet from the backboard. How far is the free throw line from the backboard in the drawing?
4. Carpentry A carpenter is building a house from an architect’s blueprint. The blueprint has a scale of 1: 42.
a. Find the actual length of a wall that is 3 inches long in the blueprint.
b. A door on the blueprint is 2 inches high. Find the height of the actual door.
c. A window on the house is drawn as a rectangle that is f inch by inch. nch. Find the actual dimensions of the window.
5. Model Roller Coaster You are building a model of the Viper roller coaster in California using a scale of 1: 47. The model is 4 feet high. How many feet high is the Viper?
6. Banner You want to make a banner that says WELCOME HOME. You want the letters to be 2 feet high. You make a sketch in which the letters are 2 inches high. The entire phrase in your sketch is 20 inches long. What length of paper should you buy?
