Question

The drawing of the building, shown below, has a scale of 1 inch to 30 feet. What is the actual height, in feet, of the building?

Answer 1

Actual height of the building is 37.5 feet

Explanation:

Formula to be used to get the actual length of the building,

Scale used =
`\frac{\text{Dimension of image (on map)}}{\text{Dimension of actual}}` =
`(1)/(30)`

By this formula,

`\frac{1.25}{\text{Actual height}}=(1)/(30)`

Actual height of the building = 1.25 × 30

= 37.5 feet

Therefore, actual height of the building will be 37.5 feet.