Question

You buy a 1:10000 scale model of the One World Trade Center during a trip to New York City. The height of the model is 5.41 centimeters. Find the actual height x (in meters) of the One World Trade Center.

Answer 1

541m

Explanation:

The scale given 1 represents the height of the model and 10000 represents the actual height,place the 5.41 in line with the one and an unknown letter in line with the 10000 inorder to calculate the actual height

1:10000

5.41:x

cross multiply and solve for x,which will be 54100cm

but since the answer has to be in meters convert the 54100cm to a meter by dividing it by 100..