Question

Founder's Park is planning to add a slide. The scaled model gives the reduced measures. A slide has a width of 3.5 inches and height of 3 inches. The park has space for the base of the slide to be 7-feet wide. To keep the slide proportional to the model, what will the height of the slide be? The slide will have a height of feet.

Answer 1

The slide will have a height of 6 feet.

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer: The slide will have a height of 6 feet.

Explanation:

Given: A slide has a width of 3.5 inches and height of 3 inches.

For required slide , width = 7 feet]

To keep the slide proportional to the model,

`\frac{\text{height of the required slide}}{\text{height of the slide }}=\frac{\text{width of required slide}}{\text{width of slide}}`

`\Rightarrow\ \frac{\text{height of the required slide}}{3}=(7)/(3.5)\\\\\Rightarrow\ \frac{\text{height of the required slide}}{3}=2\\\\\Rightarrow\ \text{height of the required slide}=3*2 =6\ \text{feet}`

hence, the slide will have a height of 6 feet.