Question

A Stegosaurus skeleton at a museum has a height of 4meters . The gift shop at the museum sells a model of the Stegosaurus. The scale used to create the model was 1cm=0.16m . What is the height, in centimeters, of the model of the Stegosaurus in the gift shop?

Answer 1

25 cm

Explanation:

Given

`Height = 4\ m`

`Scale: 1cm = 0.16m`

Required

Determine the scale measurement of the given height

Represent this with x

So:

`1cm = 0.16m`

`x = 4m`

Cross Multiply

`x * 0.16m = 1cm * 4m`

`x * 0.16 = 1cm * 4`

`x * 0.16 = 4cm`

Solve for x

`x = 4cm/0.16`

`x = 25cm`