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3 March, 09:49

A student made a model of a building. The model was 3 feet high and 12 feet wide. The building is 720 feet wide. Which proportion correctly show how to find the height of the building?

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  1. 3 March, 10:14
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    Ok, so what we do is simply divide 720 by 12

    720/12=60 next you just multiply whatever part of the building by 60 in order to get a correct proportion in this case we are doing 60*3=180 and the answer is the height of the building must be 180 feet.
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