Marco is making a scale drawing of a building. The scale for the drawing is 1 inch = 7 feet. The height of the building in the drawing is 1 foot. Determine the height of the actual building.
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Since 1 foot=12 inches, if 1 inch=7 feet, 12 inches would equal how many feet?
To determine the height of the actual building, we can use the given scale ratio.
The scale ratio is 1 inch = 7 feet, which means that 1 inch on the drawing represents 7 feet in reality.
In the drawing, the height of the building is 1 foot. Since the scale ratio is 1 inch = 7 feet, we can set up a proportion to solve for the actual height of the building:
1 inch / 7 feet = 1 inch (height in drawing) / x feet (actual height of the building)
Using cross-multiplication, the equation becomes:
1 inch * x feet = 1 inch * 7 feet
Simplifying, we have:
x feet = 7 feet
Therefore, the actual height of the building is 7 feet.