Question

The Statue of Liberty is 100 meters tall. A scale model of the Statue of Liberty in Las Vegas is 1/10 the height of the original. India wants to build a scale model that is 1/2 the height of the scale model in Las Vegas. How tall will India's scale model be in meters?

A) 5 meters
B) 10 meters
C) 20 meters
D) 50 meters

Answer 1

India's scale model will be 5 meters tall.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine the height of India's scale model, we need to first find the height of the scale model in Las Vegas. Since the scale model in Las Vegas is 1/10 the height of the original Statue of Liberty, its height is 100 meters / 10 = 10 meters.

Now, to find the height of India's scale model, we need to multiply the height of the scale model in Las Vegas by the scale factor. Since India's scale model is 1/2 the height of the scale model in Las Vegas, the height of India's scale model is 10 meters * 1/2 = 5 meters.