Question

Janice works at a cell phone company. She wants to make a presentation to her team about the features of a new phone. She makes a scale drawing of the phone using a scale of 1 inch to 0.5 centimeter. The length of the scaled drawing is 28 inches, and its width is 15 inches. What are the actual dimensions of the phone?
The length is 14 inches, and the width is 7.5 inches.
The length is 56 inches, and the width is 30 inches.
The length is 56 centimeters, and the width is 30 centimeters.
The length is 14 centimeters, and the width is 7.5 centimeters.
The length is 12 centimeters, and the width is 5.5 centimeters.

Answer 1

If 1 inch represents 0.5 centimeter, then 28 inches will represent 28 * 0.5 = 14 centimeters and 15 inches will represent 15 * 0.5 = 7.5 centimeters.

The actual dimensions of the phone is: the length is 14 centimeters and the width is 7.5 centimeters.

Answer 2

Answer:

length is 14

width 7.5

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