SOLUTION: andrew made a scale of the Washington Monument. the monument is 555feet tall and his model is 15 inches tall. What is the scale of the model? how many times as tall as the Washingt

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Question 390512: andrew made a scale of the Washington Monument. the monument is 555feet tall and his model is 15 inches tall. What is the scale of the model? how many times as tall as the Washington Monument is his model?
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15 inches is 1.25 feet. The scale of the model is then 1.25/555, or 1/444, or 1:444 in scale notation.