document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=281859>Question 281859</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Before constructing a new kind of cargo ship, which is to be 320 meters long, a scale model is built and tested in a wave tank.  The model is to be built on a scale of 1/80.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a.  How long will the model be?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b.  If the model is 0.29 meters wide, how wide will the real ship be? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #204725 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=204725\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The ratio of model to actual is 1/80\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the actual size be x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1/80 = x/320\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=320/80\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=4 meters\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The model is 0.29 meters wide\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "0.29/x  = 1/80\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "width will be 0.29 * 80\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "=23.2 meters wide\r<BR>\n" );
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