SOLUTION: a truck is 26 feet long. Find the length on a scale model if 1 inch represents 5 1/2 feet. Round to the nearest tenth if necessary.

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: a truck is 26 feet long. Find the length on a scale model if 1 inch represents 5 1/2 feet. Round to the nearest tenth if necessary. This question is from textbook

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so you would divide 26ft/5.5ft to find out how many intervals of 5.5 there are.
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26/5.5=4.7
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so we need 4.7 inches on the scale model to represent 26 ft
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5.5(4.7)=26