Question

Lynette made a scale model of a playground she wants to propose for the park in her town. The actual slide she wants to have is 15 feet tall, and the actual diameter of the merry-go-round is 8 feet. In the model, the slide is 9 inches tall, What is the diameter of the model merry-go-round?

Answer 1

is there multiple choice?

Answer 2

hello?

Answer 3

just do a proportion 8/9=15x and then just do cross multiplication

Answer 4

okay cool? so how do I cross multiply again?

Answer 5

is it like 8x = 9*15?

Answer 6

mm yeah

Answer 7

16.87 is the answer? Now what?

Answer 8

thats the diameter of the model

Answer 9

gotcha! thanks! Are you up for a few more problems?