The height of a model rocket is 4% of the height of the actual rocket. The model is 1.8 m high. How high is the actual rocket?

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Answer 1 · 2018-06-03T00:34:02

The height of the rocket is 45m.

I set up an equation like this:

#x*4/100=1.8#

This means that #4%# of the height of the original rocket #x# should equal the height of the model rocket #1.8m#. Then the equation should be:

#x*0.04=1.8#

Solve for x:

#x=1.8/0.04#

#x=45m#