SOLUTION: lacy made a scale model of her house. her house is 45 feet tall. her model is 9 inches tall.what is the scale of the model? how many times as tall as her house is her model?
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Question 390511: lacy made a scale model of her house. her house is 45 feet tall. her model is 9 inches tall.what is the scale of the model? how many times as tall as her house is her model?
Answer by robertb(5830) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
9 inches is 0.75 ft. Then the scale of the model is 0.75/45, or 1/60, or 1:60 in scale notation.
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