Question

The average female giraffe is 15 feet tall and has a neck approximately 7 feet long. You are building a 2-foot scale model of the giraffe. Calculate the length of the model's neck.

Answer 1

(BTW the model's neck isn't 1.07')

Answer 2

So 15/2 is the scale factor.

Answer 3

I think so.

Answer 4

i think the other way around the neck is smaller

Answer 5

So is the model neck 0.933333... feet? Or am I just bad with this?

Answer 6

Oh. That's right. Should be 2/15. If we reduce by a certain factor 15/k = 2, then k = 2/15.