Question

pls answer Sylvia read that the height of the Empire State Building is 443.2 m and wants to build a scale model of the building in her room. She knows that the height of the ceiling in her room is 8 ft. Write a scale that would allow a scale model of the Empire State Building in Sylvia's bedroom so that the top of the building would just touch her ceiling. A. 1 in. = 5.5 m B. 1 in. = 5 m C. 1 in. = 4.7 m D. 1 in. = 4 m

Answer 1

C

Explanation:

converting 8 ft to inches

8 * 12 = 96inches

if 96 inches = 443.2 m

1 inch = (443.2 * 1)/96 = 4.6m

which is closest to option c