SOLUTION: beatriz built a model of a tower using 600 bricks stacked vertically that are each 0.25 inch tall. The actual tower is 200 feet tall. What is the scale of her model?

Question 1206013: beatriz built a model of a tower using 600 bricks stacked vertically that are each 0.25 inch tall. The actual tower is 200 feet tall. What is the scale of her model?
Answer by ikleyn(52778) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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beatriz built a model of a tower using 600 bricks stacked vertically that are each 0.25 inch tall.
The actual tower is 200 feet tall. What is the scale of her model?
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The model is 600 * 0.25 inch = 150 inches tall.


The tower is 200 feet tall, or 200 * 12 = 2400 inches.


The scale is this ratio  150 : 2400 = 1 : 16.


In other words, 1 inch of the model corresponds to 16 inches of real construction.

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