An architect’s blueprint for a new house shows the kitchen being 7 inches wide. If the scale used to create the blueprint is 0.5 in. = 1 ft, what is the actual width of the kitchen?

The scale says 0.5 inch on the blueprint represents 1 foot in the house. Divide the blueprint width by 0.5 to find the actual width: 7 ÷ 0.5 = 14 feet. The kitchen is 14 feet wide, which is choice d.

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