bryan berg built an 83-story house of cards in 1995. he used 27,000 playing cards to accomplish this feat. at this same rate, about how many cards would it take to build a 100-story house of cards?
Let's set up a proportion and let x = the number of cards need for a 100-story house.
83/27,000 = 100/x
Cross multiply:
83x = 2,700,000
x = 32,530.1205 = 32,531
To find out how many cards it would take to build a 100-story house of cards, we can use a proportion to compare the number of cards used for an 83-story house and a 100-story house.
First, we need to find the number of cards per story. We can do this by dividing the number of cards used for an 83-story house by 83:
27,000 cards ÷ 83 stories = 325.30 cards per story (rounded to the nearest hundredth)
Now, we can use this ratio to find the number of cards needed for a 100-story house:
325.30 cards per story × 100 stories = 32,530 cards.
Therefore, it would take approximately 32,530 cards to build a 100-story house of cards at the same rate as the 83-story house.