officialvarea4 officialvarea4
  • 09-04-2020
  • Mathematics
contestada

A model of a building is 8 inches tall. If the actual building is going to be 72 feet,
What is the scale factor in inches to feet?

Respuesta :

calculista
calculista calculista
  • 14-04-2020

Answer:

[tex]\frac{1}{9}\ \frac{in}{ft}[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

we know that

To find out the scale factor divide the corresponding dimensions of the model by the corresponding dimensions of the actual

so

[tex]\frac{8}{72}\ \frac{in}{ft}[/tex]

simplify

[tex]\frac{1}{9}\ \frac{in}{ft}[/tex]

That means

1 inch in the model represent 9 feet in the actual

Answer Link

Otras preguntas

What is a cultural entity?
what elements that have atoms with full outer shells of electrons?
Summarize the views regarding U.S. imperialism
Melissa burned her hand on the stove why did running cold water over her hand make the burn less severe? Cold transferred to her hand from the water by convecti
I  4b - 3  I  + 2 = 8need help
what can i write about rotation?
The volume of the sun is 1.4*10(18)cubic kilometers and the volume of the earth is 1.1*10(12)Cubic kilometers. About how many earths could fit into the sun?
What Does 'In Spades' Mean?
what is the answer of 0.05, 1/8, 0.2, 1/4, 3% from least to greatest
what does the sailfish look like