A tower is 40 ft tall and 20 ft wide. A model of the tower is 5 in. tall. Identify the width of the model in inches.

The width of the model will be  2.5 inches

Step-by-step explanation:

The tower was scaled down by a factor to a smaller size in the model. We are to, first of all, determine this factor and then use it to scale down the width of the model.

Step One: Determine the scale factor from the tower height.

The scale factor is obtained from the formula:

Scale factor = model size / observed size

This will be

Height of model tower/ height of the real tower.

The height of the model tower is 5 inches which is the same as 0.416667 ft

Scale factor = 0.416667 ft/ 40ft = 0.0104

Step two:  Multiply the width of the real-life tower by the scale factor to get the model width.

Width of model =20ft X 0.0104 = 0.208ft

Step three:  Convert your answer back to inches.

We will now have to convert 0.208 ft back to inches by multiplying by 12

This will be 0.208 X 12 =2.5 inches.

The width of the model will be  2.5 inches

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