Final answer:
The actual height of the tower is determined by using the scale provided for the model. After converting the model's height from meters to centimeters, a proportion can be established and solved to find that the actual height of the tower is 1250 meters.
Step-by-step explanation:
Calculating the Height of a Tower
The height of the tower is not given in the original question as posted by the student. However, based on the additional contextual information provided, we can solve a related problem:
A scale model of a tower is 1.25 meters tall. The scale of the model is 0.5 cm corresponds to 5 meters of actual height. To find the actual height of the tower, we need to set up a proportion. For every 0.5 cm in the model, the real tower is 5 meters tall. Therefore, we can calculate the actual height (H) in meters as follows:
H = (1.25 meters / 0.5 cm) * 5 meters
First, we convert 1.25 meters to centimeters by multiplying by 100 (since 1 meter = 100 cm), which gives us 125 cm.
- H = (125 cm / 0.5 cm) * 5 meters
- H = (250) * 5 meters
- H = 1250 meters
The actual height of the tower is 1250 meters.