Question

a construction company is building a house based on the picture. The scale from picture to real house is 1 inch= 8 feet the height of the building in the picture is 2.5 inches what is the height of the real building the proportion i would use to solve this is ____ the height of the real building should be ______ feet. To explain to the construction workers how they would calculate the height of the final building. i would tell them ____

Answer 1

The Height of the building would be 20 feet.

Explanation:

1.) 1/8 = 2.5/X

2.) Answer: 20 Feet

3.) Cross Multiply

- 1 inch is to 8 feet as 2.5 inches is to 20 feet.