document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=549718>Question 549718</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A model of a park was built on a scale of 1.5 centimeters to 50 meters. if the distance between two trees in the park is 150 meters, what is the distance on the model? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "your ratio is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.5 / 50 = x / 150<BR>\n" );
document.write( "cross multiply to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "50x = (1.5)(150)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "divide both sides by 50 to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = (1.5)(150)/(50) which becomes:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x =  1.5 * 3 which becomes:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 4.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "150 meters equals 4.5 centimeters in the model.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you can also look at it as a meters per centimeter type of problem.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "if 1.5 centimeters equals 50 meters, then the meters per centimeter equation gives you 50 / 1.5 = 33 and 1/3 meters in real life per 1 centimeter in the model.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "since there is 150 meters in real life, then you divide 150 by 33 and 1/3 to get 4.5 which is the number of centimeters in the model.\r<BR>\n" );
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