A rectangular billboard for a high school is 10 feet high and 20 feet long. In a scale model of the school, the billboard is 3.5 inches long. How many inches tall is the scale model?

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Jbcaveman asked Sep 19, 2022

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A rectangular billboard for a high school is 10 feet high and 20 feet long. In a scale model of the school, the billboard is 3.5 inches long.

How many inches tall is the scale model?

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Jbcaveman asked Sep 19, 2022

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I think 1.75

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the long side is two times the amount of the tall side so take the smaller long side and divide by two.

Reza Nasiri answered Sep 25, 2022

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