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Efia drraws this scale drwaing of two famous landmarks.Each inch in the drawing represents 400ft on the. actual Eiffel tower than the actual space needle?Show your work

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The diagram shows two figures both measured in inches. Each inch represents 400 feet, however note that each inch is divided/graded into 8 parts. That means each section along every inch is equal to 400 divided by 8 and that equals 50. Hence, every line that is used in grading every inch equals 50 ft.

The spaceneedle measures;

SN = 1.4 inches

SN = 1 + 0.4 inches

SN = 400 + (400 x 0.5)

**This is because 0.4 on the scale drwaing shows 0.4 as half of an inch, so a sclae of 0.4 is actually 4/8 of an inch which 1/2 or 0.5**

SN = 400 + (200)

SN = 600 ft

The Eiffel tower measures;

ET = 2.5 inches

ET = 2 + 0.5

(As explained above, 0.5 is actually 5/8 of an inch, and therefore 0.625)

ET = 800 + (400 x 0.625)

ET = 800 + 250

ET = 1050

Therefore the difference in height of both landmarks is

Diff = ET - SN

Diff = 1050 - 600

Difference = 450

The results show that the Eiffel Tower is 450 ft taller than the Space Needle.

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