SOLUTION: The zoo has hired a landscape architect to design the triangular lobby of the children's petting zoo. In his scale drawing, the longest side of the lobby is 9 cm. The shortest sid

SOLUTION: The zoo has hired a landscape architect to design the triangular lobby of the children's petting zoo. In his scale drawing, the longest side of the lobby is 9 cm. The shortest sid

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Question 439258: The zoo has hired a landscape architect to design the triangular lobby of the children's petting zoo. In his scale drawing, the longest side of the lobby is 9 cm. The shortest side of the lobby is 5 cm. The longest side of the actual lobby will be 30 m. How long will the shortest side of the actual lobby be? Round to the nearest tenth.
Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
9 cm/5 cm=30 m/x m
9x=150
x=150/9 m.=16.7 m..
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