+4 1) A model statue is 9 in tall. If it was built with a scale of 1 in : 2 ft, then how tall is the real statue?
2) A 14 ft tall statue standing next to a baby giraffe casts a 7ft shadow. If the baby giraffe is 6 ft tall, then how long is its shadow?
3) A map has a scale of 1 cm : 13km. If Greenwood and Smithville are 130 km apart, then they are how far apart on the map?
4) A particular car is 24 ft long. A model of it was built with a scale of 1 in : 3ft. How long is the model?
+36923 1) 1in/2ft = 9in/x ft x = 9 / (1/2) = 18 ft
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3) 1 cm / 13 km = x cm/130cm x = 1/13 x 130 = 10 cm
4)
I'll let you work on 2 and 4
