On a scale drawing, a cell phone tower is 1.25 feet tall. The scale factor is 1/150. What is the height of the actual cell phone tower?

2 Answers
Apr 2, 2017

187.5 ft

Explanation:

"Actual height" = 1.25 ft * 150 = 187.5 ft

Apr 2, 2017

color(red)178.6feet (height of cell phone tower)

Explanation:

At a scale of 1/150 or1:150 1 foot =0.007ft

1-:150=+-0.007ft represents 1 ft

:.0.007= 1 ft

:.1.25ft=1.25/0.007=178.5714286 actual height in feet

color(red)178.6feet to the nearest one decimal place(height of tower)