SOLUTION: Please help me with this word problem. A scale model of a building is 8% of a acutal size. If the model is 1.2 meters tall, how tall is the building?

SOLUTION: Please help me with this word problem. A scale model of a building is 8% of a acutal size. If the model is 1.2 meters tall, how tall is the building?

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Question 708447: Please help me with this word problem.
A scale model of a building is 8% of a acutal size. If the model is 1.2 meters tall, how tall is the building?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A scale model of a building is 8% of a actual size.
If the model is 1.2 meters tall, how tall is the building?
:
let h = the height of the bldg
8% of the real is 1.2 meters, therefore
.08h = 1.2
h = 1.2/.08
h = 15 meters is the actual height

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