Given:
The a model house has a scale of 3 inches : 10 feet.
To find:
Wide is the model if the real house is 35 feet wide.
Solution:
It is given that,
3 inches : 10 feet
It means, if the measure real side is 10 feet then side length in model is 3 inches.
Real side is 1 feet then side length in model is [tex]\dfrac{3}{10}[/tex] inches.
Real house is 35 feet wide then side length in model [tex]=\dfrac{3}{10}\times 35[/tex]
[tex]=\dfrac{105}{10}[/tex]
[tex]=10.5[/tex]
Therefore, the model is 10.5 inches wide.
