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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A scale model of a house is 18 inches wide. The actual house is 48 feet wide. Find the scale of the model. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "So 48 ft = 576 inches (just multiply both sides by 48)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We have the ratio\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "18:576\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If we divide each value by the GCF 18, we get\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1:32\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the scale of the model is 1:32. This means that each dimension of the house is 32 times longer. </SPAN>\n" );
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