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\n" ); document.write( "beatriz built a model of a tower using 600 bricks stacked vertically that are each 0.25 inch tall.
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document.write( "The model is 600 * 0.25 inch = 150 inches tall.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The tower is 200 feet tall, or 200 * 12 = 2400 inches.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The scale is this ratio  150 : 2400 = 1 : 16.\r\n" );
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document.write( "In other words, 1 inch of the model corresponds to 16 inches of real construction.\r\n" );
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