Question

A basketball hoop measures 15 feet from the ground. The toy version of the basketball hoop is 5 inches tall. How many inches tall would a 27-foot basketball hoop be as a toy?

A) 9 inches
B) 10 inches
C) 11 inches
D) 12 inches

Answer 1

The 27-foot basketball hoop would be 9 inches tall as a toy.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the height of a 27-foot basketball hoop as a toy, we can set up a proportion between the actual height and the toy height. Let's use x to represent the toy height:

15 feet/5 inches = 27 feet/x

Using cross-multiplication, we get:

15x = 5 * 27

15x = 135

x = 135/15

x = 9 inches

Therefore, a 27-foot basketball hoop would be 9 inches tall as a toy.