Question

A model of a railroad car has a Scale Ratio of 1:87.1. If the model railroad car is 1.4 in high, how

tall is the actual railroad car?

Please answer this for me quick it’s due on Monday for me!!!

Answer 1

The scale ratio of 1:87.1 means that for every 1 unit of measurement on the model (in this case, inches), there are 87.1 units of measurement on the actual railroad car. This means that the actual railroad car is 87.1 times larger than the model in every dimension. If the model is 1.4 inches tall, the actual railroad car would be 1.4 x 87.1 = <<1.4*87.1=122.54>>122.54 inches tall.