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A blueprint shows a layout of a building. Every 2 inches in the blueprint represents 15 feet of the actual building. One of the walls on the blueprint is 24 inches long. What is the length of the actual wall?
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Let 'x' represent the length of the actual wall.
24 : x = 2 : 15
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x = 180 ft
The length of the actual wall is 180 feet.