a satellite is 18 meters long. A model of it was built with a scale of 1 centimeter : 3 meters. How wide is the model?
To find the width of the model, we first need to find the scale factor used to build the model.
1 centimeter represents 3 meters in the actual satellite.
So, 18 meters of the actual satellite would be represented by:
18 meters ÷ 3 meters = 6 centimeters
Therefore, the width of the model is 6 centimeters.