SOLUTION: If you made a model of the Earth that was 10cm in radius, how high would Mt. everest rise above sea level?

SOLUTION: If you made a model of the Earth that was 10cm in radius, how high would Mt. everest rise above sea level?

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Question 487724: If you made a model of the Earth that was 10cm in radius, how high would Mt. everest rise above sea level?
Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Set up a proportion.

First, convert km to cm (this should be easy), then solve the proportion for h. Your units should be feet, in which you can convert to some other unit.
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