The height of a tower on a scale drawing is 6 cm. The scale is 2 cm:27 m. What is the actual height of the tower?

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Amir Kaftari asked Jun 7, 2023

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The height of a tower on a scale drawing is 6 cm. The scale is 2 cm:27 m. What is the actual height of the tower?

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Amir Kaftari asked Jun 7, 2023

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81 m

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The scale essential means that for every 2 cm the actual height is 27 meters. This means that 6/2 should give us the number we need to multiply 27 by. This comes out to be 81.

Nab answered Jun 11, 2023

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