An architect is desgining a building that is 200 feet long and 140 feet wide. She builds a model so that the similarity ratio of the model to the building is 1:500. What is the length of the model in inches?

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anonymous · Answer

Ratio proportion. 
1/500 = x/200
Solve for x.

anonymous · Answer

The answer choices given to me were 3.6, 4.6, 3.3, and 4.8.

anonymous · Answer

so unfortunately that didn't work :(

kinggeorge · Answer

Here's the trick. Pratu gave you the method to find how long it is in FEET. Now you need to convert that to inches.