A satellite is 18 meteres wide. A model of it was built with a scale of 1 centimeter : 3 meter.
How wide is the model?
To find the width of the model, we first need to determine the scale factor relating the model to the actual satellite.
1 centimeter : 3 meters
Since the actual satellite is 18 meters wide, we can set up a proportion to find the width of the model:
1 cm / 3 m = x cm / 18 m
Cross multiplying, we get:
3 * x = 1 * 18
3x = 18
x = 6
Therefore, the model of the satellite is 6 centimeters wide.