15. The scale on the blueprint for a house is 1 inch to 3 feet. If the living room on the blueprint is 5.5 inches by 7 inches, what are the dimensions of the actual room?

5.5 x 3 = 16.5 feet
By
7/12 x 3/12 = 21/12 = 1.75 feet
16.5ft by 1.75 ft

The skating rink rented 872 pairs of skates during april and may.why? : if the skating rink rented three times the pair of skates in april during may, they rented 654 skates. 218 x 3 = 654then, if they want to know how many they rented during both april and may, then you just add 654 (may) and 218 (april) to give you 872 pairs of skates for both months.654 + 218 = 872hope this !