An architect built a scale model of a shopping mall. On the model, a circular fountain is 20 inches tall and 22.5 inches in diameter. If the actual fountain is to be 8 feet tall, what is its diameter?

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zzr0ck3r · Answer

@Aimee98 ill ask you again to read the rules, then we will start reporting you.

hero · Answer

@Aimee98, I get the feeling you know better than that.

eli_moses · Answer

so we're dealing with proportions here...
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96 because you have feet and inches. we are dealing with inches only for now so 12 times 8

anonymous · Answer

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eli_moses · Answer

now how will you get from 20 to 96 with multiplication?

anonymous · Answer

Cross multiplication, then divide 108 by 12. Thanks @Eli_Moses

eli_moses · Answer

No problem.
Anytime @Kasie .