Question

A scale drawing of a spaceship has a height of 5.5 inches if the drawing has a scale of 1 inch equals 34 feet, what is the actually height of the spaceship

Answer 1

1 / 34 = 5.5 / x.....1 inch to 34 ft = 5.5 inches to x ft
cross multiply
(1)(x) = (5.5)(34)
x = 187 ft <=== actual height

Answer 2

In the question , it is given that, A scale drawing of a spaceship has a height of 5.5 inches. And the drawing has a scale of 1 inch equals 34 feet .

We have to find, what is the actually height of the spaceship .

In this question, one inch represents 34 feet .

So 5.5 inch represents

`34*5.5 = 187`

So 5.5 inch represents 187 feet .