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my question is....
sam is building a model of an car. the scale of his model to the actual car is 1:10. his model is 18 1/2 inches long. how long is the actual car?
thx!
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my question is....
sam is building a model of an car. the scale of his model to the actual car is 1:10. his model is 18 1/2 inches long. how long is the actual car?
thx!
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Question 530913: ``Hi,
my question is....
sam is building a model of an car. the scale of his model to the actual car is 1:10. his model is 18 1/2 inches long. how long is the actual car?
thx! :) ''. Answer by oberobic(2304) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A scale of 1:10 means that 1 inch on the model = 10 inches on the real object.
If the model is 18 1/2 inches, then the actual vehicle is 180 + 5 = 185 inches.
185 inches / 12 inches per ft = 15 ft 5 inches
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