In the gift shop of history of the Flight Museum, Elisa bought a kit to make a model of a jet airplane. The actual plane is 21 feet long with a wingspan of 17.5 ft. If the finished model will be 12 inches long, what will the wingspan be?

A.) 14.4 inches

B.) 30.6 inches

C.) 5 inches

D.) 10 inches

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Bradley Novak

Mathematics

23 March, 16:58

In the gift shop of history of the Flight Museum, Elisa bought a kit to make a model of a jet airplane. The actual plane is 21 feet long with a wingspan of 17.5 ft. If the finished model will be 12 inches long, what will the wingspan be?

A.) 14.4 inches

B.) 30.6 inches

C.) 5 inches

D.) 10 inches

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Jordon Mitchell · Answer 1

12 inches make a foot, therefore the scale model is 1/21 the size of the actual if you're using the information given above. so the wingspan should be 10

In the gift shop of history of the Flight Museum, Elisa bought a kit to make a model of a jet airplane. The actual plane is 21 feet long with a wingspan of 17.5 ft. If the finished model will be 12 inches long, what will the wingspan be?A.) 14.4 inchesB.) 30.6 inchesC.) 5 inchesD.) 10 inches