SOLUTION: A new hotel design includes a glass-enclosed cylindrical elevator. A scale model of the elevator is 1 foot high. The actual elevator will be 100 feet tall and 10 feet in diameter

Question 143957: A new hotel design includes a glass-enclosed cylindrical elevator. A scale model of the elevator is 1 foot high. The actual elevator will be 100 feet tall and 10 feet in diameter. What is the approximate area of a base of the model elevator? Round your answer to the nearest tenth inch.
Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Use ratios to find the diameter of the model.

The model diameter is .1
Area of a circle is

rounded to nearest tenth inch = 1.1square inches
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