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Scale Factors Homework
5-7: Scale Drawings and Scale Models
Identify the scale factor.
7. On a scale drawing, a helicopter is 2.2 feet long. The scale factor is
1
. Find the length of the helicopter.
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8. On a road map of Ohio, the distance from Cleveland to Pittsburgh is 4.5 centimeters. What is the actual distance
between the cities if the map scale is 1.5 centimeters = 30 miles?
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9. On a scale drawing, a school is 1.6 feet tall. The scale factor is
1
. Find the height of the school.
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10. On a road map of Pennsylvania, the distance from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C., is 6.8 centimeters. What is the
actual distance between the cities if the map scale is 2 centimeters = 40 miles?
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11. On a scale drawing, a bicycle is 6
4
1
inches tall. The scale factor is . Find the height of the bicycle.
5
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12. Hillary took a photograph of her house, which has an actual height of 28.5 feet. If the house measures 3.6 inches tall
in the photograph, what is the scale factor?
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13. On a road map, the distance from Portland to Seattle is 8 centimeters. What is the actual distance between the cities if
the map scale is 2 centimeters = 37.5 miles?
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