The widest distance across the scale model of the planet Venus is 15 cm. The actual widest distance across Venus is approximately 12,000 km. What is the scale of the Model of Venus
Mathematics · Middle School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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Given :
Scale model of the planet Venus = 15 cm
And, actual distance of Venus = 12,000 km
Now, we have to convert 12,000 km in cm
So, 12,000 × 1000 × 100
= 1200000000 cm
The sacle is the ratio of the model's dimension to the planet's dimension:
= 15 : 1200000000
Dividing each by 15 to simplify the ratio
= 1 : 80000000
Hence, model is at a scale of 1 : 80,000,000