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A construction company built a scale model of a building. The model was built using a scale of 3 inches = 32 feet. If the building is expected to be 200 feet tall, how tall will the model be

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Let x represent the height of the model.

We have been given that a construction company built a scale model of a building. The model was built using a scale of 3 inches = 32 feet. We are asked to find the height of the model, if the building is expected to be 200 feet tall.

We will use proportions to solve our given problem as:


\frac{\text{Model height}}{\text{Actual height}}=\frac{\text{Model length}}{\text{Actual length}}

Upon substituting our given values, we will get:


\frac{x}{200\text{ ft}}=\frac{3\text{ in}}{\text{32 ft}}


\frac{x}{200\text{ ft}}* 200\text{ ft}=\frac{3\text{ in}}{\text{32 ft}}* 200\text{ ft}


x=3\text{ in}* 6.25


x=18.75\text{ in}

Therefore, the model will be 18.75 inches tall.

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