Question

TThe tall building is 1600 feet tall and 60 feet wide. Elena decides on a scale of 1 to 50 to make a model for a science project. What are the actual measurements of her model be.

A. 42 ft tall, 1.8 ft wide

B. 80,000 ft tall, 3000 ft wide

C. 32 ft tall, 1.2 ft wide

D. 32 ft tall, 1.8 ft wide

Answer 1

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Answer:

C. 32 ft tall, 1.2 ft wide

Explanation:

A scale of 1 : 50 means the model dimensions are 1/50 of the actual dimensions. The model width will be (60 ft)/50 = 1.2 ft . . . . matches choice C.

The model height will be (1600 ft)/50 = 32 ft. (also matches choice C)