Given:
Length of the building = 120 feet
Width of the building = 40 feet
Length of the model = 6 feet
To find:
Width of the model.
Solution:
The scale model similar to the original figure and the corresponding sides of the similar figures are proportional.
Let x be the width of the building.
[tex]\dfrac{\text{Length of the building}}{\text{Length of the model}}=\dfrac{\text{Width of the building}}{\text{Width of the model}}[/tex]
[tex]\dfrac{120}{6}=\dfrac{40}{x}[/tex]
[tex]20=\dfrac{40}{x}[/tex]
[tex]x=\dfrac{40}{20}[/tex]
[tex]x=2[/tex]
Therefore, the width of the model is 2 feet.
