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A souvenir maker wants to create a scale model of the Empire State Building. The Empire State Building is 1,472 feet tall and has a base with dimensions 286 ft by 286 ft. If the model is 6 in. tall, what are the approximate dimensions of its base in inches? (Round your answer to the nearest tenth of an inch.)

A) 1.2 in. by 1.2 in.
B) 1 in. by 1 in.
C) 0.2 in. by 0.2 in.
D) 2.3 in. by 2.3 in.

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It looks like this
1472x=6=\ \textgreater \ 6/1476=scale=.004076. So the answer is A) 1.2 in. by 1.2 in.
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