SOLUTION: Meg built a 9 inches long wooden model of a yacht. If the actual yacht was 72 feet long, then what was the scale used?
1 inch = 8 feet
1 inch = 72 feet
1 inch = 4 feet
1 inch =
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Question 773873: Meg built a 9 inches long wooden model of a yacht. If the actual yacht was 72 feet long, then what was the scale used?
1 inch = 8 feet
1 inch = 72 feet
1 inch = 4 feet
1 inch = 9 feet
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
9 inches = 72 feet
9/9 inches = 72/9 feet ... Divide both sides by 9.
1 inch = 8 feet
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