Ascale model of an object is 5 inches tall. the actual object is 250 feet tall. what is the scale factor of the model?

1/50

Step-by-step explanation:

A scale model of an object is 5 inches tall. The actual object is 250 feet tall.

The scale factor of the model = 5/250 = 1/50

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step-by-step explanation:

we need to solve for 'x' the following equation:  

we have that:

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factorizing, we get that:

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then, the solutions are: or

nothing extraneous has been found!

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