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Felix measured a house and its lot and made a scale drawing. He used the scale 1 inch : 8 feet. If the porch is 2 inches in the drawing, how wide is the actual porch?

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Answer:

16 feet wide

Step-by-step explanation:

Use the proportion

1 in is to 8 feet as 2 inches is to 'x' feet.

1/8 = 2/x    

now solve by cross multiplying

x = 16 feet

bear11106
16 feet long
1/8=2/x
Now solve by cross multiplying
X= 16 feet

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