Question

Alexander is drawing a map of the Federal Triangle in Washington, D.C. The actual Federal Triangle has a base of 30 feet and height of 1200 feet. Alexander needs his drawing to fit on his paper, so he decides to make the base of his triangle 10 inches. What scale is Alexander using?

Answer 1

Explanation:

First let's figure out the scale Alexander is using by relating the base in his drawing 10 in/3​000 ft = 1 in/300 ft

The scale for the drawing is 1 in:300 ft.

We know the actual Federal Triangle has a height of 1200 ft Let's use the scale to find the height of Alexander's triangle.

1200 ft times 1 in/300 ft = 4 in.

Alexander is using a scale of 1 in: 300 ft.His triangle has a height of 4 in.