SOLUTION: There are two different models of the same triangular-shaped garden. If the height of the model on the left is 18 cm, what is the height of the model on the right? Note: The h

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Question 1188890: There are two different models of the same triangular-shaped garden. If the height of the model on the left is 18 cm, what is the
height of the model on the right?
Note: The height of the model of left has a scale of 1 cm = 15 ft, and the height of the model on the right has a scale of 1 cm = 7.5 ft.
Answer choices
A. 36 cm
B. 23 cm
C. 25.5 cm
D. 20 cm

Answer by greenestamps(13200) About Me  (Show Source):
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In the second model, 1cm represents half the length that 1cm represent in the first (7.5 ft compared to 15 ft); that means any length in the second model will be twice as long as in the first.

18cm times 2 should be easy....