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A scale drawing of a spaceship has a height of 5.5 inches if the drawing has a scale of 1 inch equals 34 feet, what is the actually height of the spaceship

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texaschic101
1 / 34 = 5.5 / x.....1 inch to 34 ft = 5.5 inches to x ft
cross multiply
(1)(x) = (5.5)(34)
x = 187 ft <=== actual height
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In the question , it is given that, A scale drawing of a spaceship has a height of 5.5 inches. And the drawing has a scale of 1 inch equals 34 feet .

We have to find, what is the actually height of the spaceship  .

In this question, one inch represents 34 feet .

So 5.5 inch represents

[tex] 34*5.5 = 187 [/tex]

So 5.5 inch represents 187 feet .