Question

The real statue of liberty is 152 feet tall. If you wanted to build a toy model of the statue to sell to tourists that is 2:101 Scale factor, how tall should your model be?

Answer 1

Height of toy model liberty statue = 3 feet (Approx.)

Explanation:

Given:

Height of real liberty statue = 152 feet

Scale factor = 2:101

Find:

Height of toy model liberty statue

Computation:

Scale factor = 2:101

1 feet toy model = 101 / 2 = 50.5 feet

Height of toy model liberty statue = Height of real liberty statue / Scale factor

Height of toy model liberty statue = 152 / 50.5

Height of toy model liberty statue = 3 feet (Approx.)