Question

Sunita creates a scale model of an aeroplane. The scale of the model is 4 cm to 15 m. Sunita's model has a wingspan of 17 cm. What is the wingspan of the real aeroplane?

Answer 1

36.43m

Explanation:

Let the wingspan of the real aeroplane = x

The scale of the model is 4 cm to 15 m.

= 4: 15 = 4/15.

Sunita's model has a wingspan of 17cm.

Hence:

4cm/15m = 17cm/xm

Cross Multiply

4x = 15 × 17

4x = 255

x = 255/4

x = 36.428571429 m

Approximately = 36.43 m

Therefore, the wingspan of the real aeroplane is 36.43m