SOLUTION: An architect built a scale of a shopping mall. On the model, a circular fountain is 10 inches tall and 20.5 inches in diameter. If the actual fountain is to be 8 feet tall, what is
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Question 708003: An architect built a scale of a shopping mall. On the model, a circular fountain is 10 inches tall and 20.5 inches in diameter. If the actual fountain is to be 8 feet tall, what is its diameter.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
An architect built a scale of a shopping mall. On the model, a circular fountain is 10 inches tall and 20.5 inches in diameter. If the actual fountain is to be 8 feet tall, what is its diameter.
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Use a proportion:
x inches / (8*12 inches) = 10 in / 20.5 inches
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x = 96(10/20.5) inches
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x = 46.83 inches (diameter of the actual fountain)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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