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Your model locomotive is 18 inches long. It is an exact model of a locomotive that is 72 feet long. A window on the locomotive is how many times wider than a window on the model?

User Vibin Jith
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Your model locomotive (x) = 18 inches
72 feet (y)= 72*12 inches
= 864 inches

Ratio = x:y
= 18:864
= 18/864
= 1/48
= 1:48
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