How many actual feet of pipe must be ordered if the blueprint indicates 6-3/4 inches of pipe needed on a scale of 1/4" = 1 foot?

To determine how many actual feet of pipe need to be ordered based on the blueprint that indicates 6-3/4 inches of pipe at a scale of 1/4" = 1 foot, it’s important to first convert the measurements accordingly.

The scale of 1/4" = 1 foot means that for every quarter inch on the blueprint, one foot of actual pipe will be required. In order to find out how many feet this 6-3/4 inches translates to, we need to convert the inches to quarters of an inch because the scale is defined that way.

First, we convert 6-3/4 inches into an improper fraction or a decimal. 6-3/4 inches can be written as 6.75 inches. To convert inches into the equivalent number of quarter inches:

1. Each inch consists of 4 quarters.

2. Therefore, 6.75 inches can be converted to quarters:

• 6 inches × 4 quarters/inch = 24 quarters

• 3/4 inch × 4 quarters/inch = 3 quarters

• Adding these together gives us 24 + 3 = 27 quarters.

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