Question

the washington monument is 555 feet tall. you are asked to create a drawing using a scale of 5 feet= 1 centimeter. how many centimeters tall will the monument be in your drawing

Answer 1

Problem:

the Washington monument is 555 feet tall. you are asked to create a drawing using a scale of 5 feet= 1 centimeter. how many centimeters tall will the monument be in your drawing​,

Solution:

Consider the following diagram:

Thus, by cross-multiplication we get:

$x\text{ cm = }\frac{555\text{ f}eet\text{ x 1 cm }}{5\text{ f}eet}=\text{ 111cm}$

Then, we can conclude that the correct answer is:

$\text{111cm}$