Answer:
The scale drawing is 1 centimeter to 50 meters ⇒ answer E
Explanation:
* Lets explain how to solve the problem
- The height of the empire state building is about 1450 feet long and
400 feet wide
- Andre wants to make a scale drawing of the front view of it on an
8 1/2 inches by 11 inches piece of paper
- We need to select one of these scales that we think is the most
appropriate for the scale drawing
A. 1 inch to 1 foot
B. 1 inch to 100 feet
C. 1 inch to 1 mile
D. 1 centimeter to 1 meter
E. 1 centimeter to 50 meters
F. 1 centimeter to 1 kilometer
- For scale A , B , and D the scaled image will not fit the page
- For scale C and F the drawing will be very small because 1 mile
is 5280 feet and 1 kilometer is 3280.84 feet
- E is most appropriate because 1 meter is 3.28084 feet, then the
height of the empire state is 442 m dividing by 50 m gives about
8.8 cm and the height of the paper is 11 inches which is about 28 cm
and the width of the empire state is about 122 m dividing by 50 m
gives about 2.5 cm and the width of the paper is 8 1/2 inches which
is about 22 cm then the drawing will be appropriate for drawing
∴ The scale drawing is 1 centimeter to 50 meters