a satellite is 18 meters wide. A model of it was built with a scale of one centimeter: 3 meters. How wide is the model

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The scale of the model is 1 cm : 3 meters
Therefore,
18 meters (width of satellite) = x cm (width of model)
1 : 3 = x : 18
x = 18 * 1/3
x = 6 cm

Therefore, the model of the satellite is 6 cm wide.