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?

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Answer 1 · 2017-04-02T10:00:06

#187.5 ft#

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

Answer 2 · 2017-04-02T10:47:22

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

At a scale of #1/150# or#1:150# 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)