Question

The picture below is the Wright Flyer. The dimensions of the actual Wright Flyer are as follows.

Wingspan: 12.3 meters
Length: 6.4 meters
Height: 2.8 meters

If the scale of the model is 5 centimeters = 0.8 meters, what will be the wingspan of the model Wright Flyer, rounded to the nearest tenth?

Answer 1

Use proportions:
\[\frac{5cm}{.8 m}=\frac{x cm}{12.3 m}\]

Answer 2

i got 76.875 @Mertsj

Answer 3

me too