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Chad has a toy of his favorite actor. The scale is 1 inch : 2 feet. If Chad’s toy is 3 inches tall how tall is the real actor? Show your work. Chad’s favorite actor is ____ feet tall

Chad has a toy of his favorite actor. The scale is 1 inch : 2 feet. If Chad’s toy-example-1
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Since the scale is 1 inch: 2 feet, then every inch of the toy corresponds to 2 feet on the real actor.

Therefore:


3in\rightarrow3\cdot2ft=6ft.

Then, the fulfilled table is:

Answer:

Chad’s favorite actor is 6 feet tall.

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