Question

A scale model of the Vancouver Olympic cauldron is to be built in memory of the 2010 Olympics. If the scale to be used is 1:27, how tall, in meters, should the model be if the actual cauldron is 11.5 meters tall?

Answer 1

23/54 meters

Explanation:

Assuming that the scale model is smaller, then the scale model should be 1/27th of the actual thing. Therefore:

11.5/27

= 23/54 meters tall