SOLUTION: An image of a building in a photograph is 6 centimeters wide and 11 centimeters tall. If the image is similar to the actual building and the actual building is 174 meters wide, how
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Question 272699: An image of a building in a photograph is 6 centimeters wide and 11 centimeters tall. If the image is similar to the actual building and the actual building is 174 meters wide, how tall is the actual building, in meters?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
An image of a building in a photograph is 6 centimeters wide and 11 centimeters tall. If the image is similar to the actual building and the actual building is 174 meters wide, how tall is the actual building, in meters?
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x/174 = 11/6
x = (174)(11/6)
x = 319 meters high
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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