Question

For the filming of a recent sci-fi movie a model spaceship made to a scale of 1:16 was used. In the movie, the ship is supposed to be 104 feet long. Set up a proportion and solve it to find the length of the model.

Answer 1

The length of the model is
`6.5\ ft`

Explanation:

Let

x------> the length of the model

using proportion

`(1)/(16)=(x)/(104) \\ \\x=104/16\\ \\x= 6.5\ ft`