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A scale drawing of a building needs to be made using the scale 1 in = 200 ft. How tall will the building in the scale drawing be if the building is 2000 ft tall?

The height of the building in the scale drawing will be in. (Simplify your answer.)
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10in would be the appropriate scale factor for the drawing. 2000 is 10x200. If each inch represents 200 feet, then you would need 10 to reach the desired scale factor of the original building