SOLUTION: Rebekah likes to make scale models of Famous structres. She made a scale model similar to Eiffel tower.The actual Eiffel tower is 324 m tall. its base is square.Each side of the ba

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Question 1168528: Rebekah likes to make scale models of Famous structres. She made a scale model similar to Eiffel tower.The actual Eiffel tower is 324 m tall. its base is square.Each side of the base of the actual tower is 125m long. Rebekah's model only 0.9m tall. what is the length of each sideof the square base on her model.
Answer by ikleyn(52787) About Me  (Show Source):
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Use the proportion


    0.9%2F324 = x%2F125


by relating similar / (corresponding) values.


From the proportion, find the unknown base side  x = %280.9%2A125%29%2F324 meters.


Use your calculator.

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