Question

The Eiffel Tower is about 985 feet tall. Suppose you wanted to sell models of the building. What scale would you use? Explain your choice.

Answer 1

Thanks if you help

Answer 2

Well, lets see what would a reasonable size be for a model? I would think it could be anywhere from 6 inches to a foot or so.

So: 985x = yft. Where y is a reasonable number, such as 6 inches.
958ft(x) = 6 inches.
convert 6 inches into feet.
6/12 = 0.5, 6 inches = 0.5 feet

958ft(x) = 0.5ft
divide both sides by 958

x = (1/1916).

For the models to be 6 inches, they would need to be 1 to 1916 scale

Answer 3

Thanks!