Chapter 6, Problem 36SGR

To determine

To calculate:Tofind the actual length of the Renaissance gallery of drawing length $6inches$

Answer to Problem 36SGR

Actual length ofRenaissance gallery is $85$ feet

Explanation of Solution

Given information:On a scale drawing of a museum, the scale is $0.5inch=10feet$

Calculation:

Given the drawing length of Renaissance gallery is $4.25$ inches

Also, scale is given as

  $0.5inch=10feet$

Thus, actual length of gallery is calculated as

  $\begin{array}{l}1inch=\frac{10}{0.5}feet\\ 4.25inch=\frac{10}{0.5}\times 4.25feet\end{array}$

On solving the above,

  $\begin{array}{l}Length=\frac{100\times 4.25}{5}feet\\ Length=\frac{20\times 4.25}{1}feet\\ Length=85feet\end{array}$

Hence, the actual length of Renaissance gallery is $85$ feet