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A construction company is building the house shown below. They need to use a scale
of 1 in: 8f (1 inch = 8 feet). They measured the drawing to find that that the height of
the building is 2.5 in.
1.) Explain to the construction workers how they would use this information to
calculate the height of the final building.
2.) What is the height of the final building?
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Using proportions, we have that:

  1. The height of the building is found using a rule of three.
  2. The height is of 20 feet.

What is a proportion?

A proportion is a fraction of a total amount, and the measures are related using a rule of three.

The scale is of 1 inch = 8 feet. What is the height for 2.5 inches? The rule of three is given by:

1 inch - 8 feet.

2.5 inches - x feet

Applying cross multiplication, the height in feet of the final building is given by:

x = 8 x 2.5 = 20 feet.

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The height of the building is calculated by representing 1 inch as 8 feet. The final building has a height of 20 feet.

What is scaling?

Scaling is the increase or decrease in the height of an object by a scale factor k.

Given that the scale used is:

1 inch = 8 feet. Hence:

Since the height of the building is 2.5 in, hence:

Height of the final building = 2.5 in * 8 ft per 1 in = 20 feet

The height of the final building is 20 feet.

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