Matt is making a scale model of a building. The model is 3.4 feet tall. The actual building is 41.48 feet tall. How many times as great is the actual building as the model.

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Mike Campbell · Answer 1 · 2016-01-21T22:11:36+0000

Answer:

12.2 times.

Explanation:

We have been given that Matt is making a scale model of a building. The model is 3.4 feet tall. The actual building is 41.48 feet tall.

To find the scale factor, we will divide height of actual building by height of the building on the map as:

$\text{Scale factor}=(41.48)/(3.4)$

$\text{Scale factor}=12.2$

Therefore, the actual building is 12.2 times greater than the model.