Question

To make a monster appear large in a movie, a human actor wore a costume and walked through a scale model of a city. The scale used was 1 inch = 15 feet. The actor is 60 inches tall. How tall does the monster appear in the movie?

Question 5 options:

720 feet


75 feet


4 feet


900 feet

Answer 1

Option D is correct.

900 feet tall does the monster appear in the movie

Explanation:

Proportion states that the two ratios or fractions are equal

As per the statement:

To make a monster appear large in a movie, a human actor wore a costume and walked through a scale model of a city.

Scale used was:

1 inch = 15 feet.

It is also given that: the actor is 60 inches tall

To find how tall does the monster appear in the movie

Let x be the height of the Monster appear in the movie.

by definition of proportion we have;

`(1)/(15) =(60)/(x)`

By cross multiply we have;

`x = 15 \cdot 60`

Simplify:

x = 900 feet

Therefore, 900 feet tall does the monster appear in the movie