Question
For a school project, Sarah plans to build a scale model of an Egyptian pyramid. She will be using a scale of: 1 cm = 4 meters.
If the pyramid is 140 meters tall, how tall will her model pyramid be?
If the pyramid is 140 meters tall, how tall will her model pyramid be?
Answers
GPT 3.5
To find the height of the model pyramid, we can set up a proportion:
Model height / Actual height = Scale factor
Let x be the height of the model pyramid.
x / 140 = 1 / 4
Cross multiply to solve for x:
4x = 140
x = 140 / 4
x = 35
Therefore, the model pyramid will be 35 cm tall.
Model height / Actual height = Scale factor
Let x be the height of the model pyramid.
x / 140 = 1 / 4
Cross multiply to solve for x:
4x = 140
x = 140 / 4
x = 35
Therefore, the model pyramid will be 35 cm tall.