Question

The Empire State Building is just over 1,450 feet tall. In anticipation of visiting this landmark on your vacation, you create a model of it using blocks.

a. Suppose you are making a model where one block represents 2 feet. About how many blocks tall is your model of the Empire State Building? What is the scale factor?

Answer 1

725, 1 per every 2 ft.

Explanation:

It gives the actual height for the building, 1,450, and it says one block is two feet. Divide 1,450 by 2 and you'd get 725. And we already know dat one block is two feet so it's 1:2

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Answer 2

You have two given data available here: the actual height of the Empire State Building measuring 1,450 feet, and the height of the block measuring 2 feet. To find how many blocks stacked together would make up 1,450 feet, just divide 1,450 by 2.

Number of blocks=1,450 feet * (1 block/2 feet)
Number of blocks = 725 blocks

Therefore, you would use a model requiring 725 blocks. The scale factor for the model is 1 block per two feet.