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A model of the Eiffel Tower is 41 centimeters tall. If the scale model is 1 cm/24 feet of the real Eiffel Tower, how tall is the Eiffel Tower? *

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Data:

Model: 41cm

Scale: 1cm/24feet

To convert the measure of the model to the real Tower you use the scale factor

The scale factor is 24ft/cm

To know the height of the Eiffel Tower you multiply the height in the model for the scale factor:


41\operatorname{cm}\cdot24\frac{ft}{\operatorname{cm}}=984ftThen so, the height of the Eiffel Tower is 984ft

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