A bridge is 28 meters long. Find the length of a scale model if the scale is 1 cm = 5.5 meters. Round to the nearest tenth.

If every 1 cm is 5.5 meters, then we should divide 28 by 5.5. You should get the answer 5.090...

But we'll round that down to 5. So 28 meters should be 5 cm in scale.

That should be rounded to 5.1 cm.

that really creamed my pantaloons there ms

THANKS!

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Wowzers!

To find the length of the scale model, we need to multiply the length of the actual bridge by the scale factor.

The scale factor is given by the ratio of one unit on the scale to the corresponding number of units on the actual object. In this case, the scale is 1 cm = 5.5 meters, so the scale factor is 1/5.5.

To find the length of the scale model, we can multiply the length of the actual bridge by the scale factor:

Length of scale model = Length of actual bridge x Scale factor

Substituting in the values:

Length of scale model = 28 meters x (1/5.5) = 5.09 meters

Rounding to the nearest tenth, the length of the scale model is approximately 5.1 meters.