Formula SheetCalculator RefeAn artist is designing a sculpture for a park. A drawing of the sculpture uses a scale of 2 inches = 3 feet. Thesculpture will have a height of 7.5 feet. What is the height,

JKLIR asked Dec 26, 2023

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JKLIR asked Dec 26, 2023

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Solution:

Given:

$\begin{gathered} 2inches=3feet \\ x=7.5feet \\ \\ Cross\text{ multiplying;} \\ 3x=2*7.5 \\ 3x=15 \\ x=(15)/(3) \\ x=5inches \end{gathered}$

Therefore, the height in inches of the sculpture in the scale drawing is 5.0

Cerron answered Dec 31, 2023

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