SOLUTION: If two buildings are 155 meters and 248 meters tall, respectively, what is the scale factor of the smaller building to the larger building?
Answer is 5:8 but how did one arrive at
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Question 626888: If two buildings are 155 meters and 248 meters tall, respectively, what is the scale factor of the smaller building to the larger building?
Answer is 5:8 but how did one arrive at that answer??????
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
155/248 = (5*31)/(8*31) = 5/8
So the scale factor is 5:8
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