A student builds a model of a race car. The scale is 1:15. In the scale model, the car is 8 cm tall.How tall is the actual car?

Respuesta :

let the actual height of car be x

now, according to question,

  • [tex] \dfrac{1}{15} = \dfrac{8}{x} [/tex]

  • [tex]x = 15 \times 8[/tex]

  • [tex]x = 120 \: \: cm[/tex]

  • [tex]height \: \: of \: \: car = 120 \: cm \: \: or \: \: 1.2 \: \: m[/tex]