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Sally has made a scale drawing of the airplane, in which the wingpsan is 10 inches and the tailspan is 3 inches. What is the actual tailspan of the airplane?

A) 7.2 feet
B) 13 feet
C) 14.2 feet
D) 18.4 feet

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The answer is 7.2. Hope this helps!
User Avijit Dasgupta
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24 / 10 = 2.4 . the scale factor is 2.4 (drawing to real )  . so 3 x 2.4 = 7.2 . the correct answer is A  .hope i helped :)
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