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Mitchell made a scale model of the Empire State Building the building has an actual height of 381 meters Mitchell's model used a scale in which one centimeter represents 50 m what is the height in centimeters of Mitchell's model

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Answer:

7.62 cm

Explanation:

Mitchell made a scale model of the Empire State Building.

Actual height = 381 m

Scale = 1 cm to 50 m

Model height = x cm

Write a proportion:


(381)/(x)=(50)/(1)

Cross multiply:


50x=381\\ \\x=(381)/(50)=(381\cdot 2)/(50\cdot 2)=(762)/(100)=7.62\ cm

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