Leah is an interior designer. she will use the scale drawing shown of two bedrooms and a shared bathroom to create her designs for her client.

the figure shows a map in the shape of a rectangle. the vertical length of this rectangle is labeled as 15 feet. two vertical lines are drawn such that the map gets divided into three smaller rectangles. the rectangle on the extreme left is labeled as bedroom 1 and the rectangle on the extreme right is labeled as bedroom 2. the horizontal length of the two bedrooms is labeled as 9 feet. two windows are shown on the left side and top side of the bedroom 1. two windows are drawn on the right side and top side of the bedroom 2. in the rectangle formed in the middle, a horizontal line is drawn 5 feet from the top and the lower portion formed is labeled as bathroom. the upper portion is further divided by a vertical line such that the dimensions of the two rectangles formed at the top is 3 feet and 5 feet and are labeled as closet. the horizontal length of the bathroom is labeled as 6 feet. below the map, it is labeled as, all doors colon 2 feet 6 inches, all windows colon upper w colon 3 feet upper h colon 4 feet, ceiling height colon 8 feet and scale colon 3 slash 8 inches hyphen 1 foot.

what are the dimensions of the outer rectangle in leah’s scale drawing?

a.
3
3
8
inches

×
5
5
8
inches
b.
5
5
8
inches

×

9

inches
c.
6
3
4
inches

×

5
5
8
inches
d.
15

inches
×
24

inches