Thursday, April 7, 2011

MATH QUESTION ASAP HELP PLEASE


MATH QUESTION ASAP HELP PLEASE?
The Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, are officially the tallest buildings in the world at 452 meters above street level. If a scale of 1 cm = 4 meters is used to make a replica, how tall is the replica? Show your work i wanna see
Mathematics - 3 Answers
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1 :
452/4 = 113 cm
2 :
Since 1cm=0.01m. Setting up the ratios as 0.01/4 = x:452 x = (0.01/4)*452 m
3 :
Ratio of the tower is 1 cm:4 meter/ 400 cm 452m X 100 = 45200 cm 45200 cm/ 400cm = 113 cm So, the replica will be 113 cm high or 1.13 m high.