document.write( "Question 267823: Hello. I have a problem here that I'm having trouble with. It's a word problem. It says:Sonya made a scale model of the new school in her town. She used a scale of 3/4in.=1ft. If the height of the school model is 48 inches, What is the actual height of the school?
\n" ); document.write( "I tried it and I divided 48 by 3/4 then multiplying by 12 because there's 12 in. in a foot. Am I right? And if I'm not can you tell me what I did wrong?
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Sonya made a scale model of the new school in her town. She used a scale of 3/4in.=1ft. If the height of the school model is 48 inches, What is the actual height of the school?
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\n" ); document.write( "Proportion:
\n" ); document.write( "x/48\" = 1ft/(3/4)\"
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\n" ); document.write( "Cross-multiply to get:
\n" ); document.write( "(3/4)x = 48
\n" ); document.write( "x = (4/3)*48
\n" ); document.write( "x = 4*16
\n" ); document.write( "x = 64 ft (height of the school)
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\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
\n" ); document.write( "Stan H.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "I tried it and I divided 48 by 3/4 then multiplying by 12 because there's 12 in. in a foot. Am I right? \n" ); document.write( "

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