A professional model-maker is building a giant scale model of a house fly to be used in a science fiction film. An actual fly is about 0.2 in. long with a wingspan of about 0.5 in. The model fly for the movie will be 27 ft long. What will its wingspan be?

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jdoe0001 · Answer

$\bf \cfrac{model_1}{model_2}=\cfrac{actual_1}{actual_2}\implies\cfrac{0.2}{0.5}=\cfrac{27}{x}\impliedby \textit{solve for "x"}$

anonymous · Answer

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