A blueprint is a scale drawing of a building. The dimensions of the blueprint for Patricia's doll house are 1/4 of the measurements of the actual doll house. The floor of the doll house has an area of 864 square inches. If the width of the doll house is 2/3 the length, what are the dimensions of the floor on the blueprint of the doll house?

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Answer:

Length: 9 inches.

Width: 6 inches.

Step-by-step explanation:

Find the dimensions of the floor of the doll house.

Apply the formula:

[tex]A=lw[/tex]

Where  A is the area, l is the lenght and w is the width.

You know that:

[tex]A=864\\w=\frac{2}{3}l[/tex]

Then you can solve for l:

[tex]864=l(\frac{2}{3}l)\\\\864=\frac{2}{3}l^2\\\\l=\sqrt{\frac{864*3}{2}}\\\\l=36in[/tex]

Then the width is:

[tex]w=\frac{2}{3}(36)=24in[/tex]

Therefore, the dimensions of the floor on the blueprint of the doll house are:

[tex]l'=\frac{1}{4}(36in)=9in\\\\w'=\frac{1}{4}(24in)=6in[/tex]