Sarah's mother has a miniature village modeled after her home town. the model is 10 feet long and 7 feet wide. the actual village is 7 miles long. what is the village's actual width? if necessary, round to the nearest tenth of a mile.

When you create a model out from a real object, there is a ratio to be followed. This ratio must be constant and this is the basis of modelling. Let's find the ratio of length to width. The ratio of the model and actual village must be equal.

Model ratio = Actual ratio

10 ft/7 ft = 7 miles/Width

Solving for width,

Width = 4.9 miles