Question

A statue of Thomas Jefferson was made using a scale of 3 feet = 1 foot.Write an expression to represent the height of the statue of Thomas Jefferson is x feet in height.Then find his actual height if the height of the statue is 19 feet

Answer 1

Given that "A statue of Thomas Jefferson was made using a scale of 3 feet = 1 foot"

which means statue is 3 times of the actual height.

So if the actual height is x feet then statue will be of height 3x feet.

Hence required expression is given by "3x" feet.

Now second part of question is asking to find the actual height when height of the statue is 19 feet.

So the expression 3x will be equal to 19 feet

$3x=19$

$x=\frac{19}{3}$

$x=6.33333333333$

Hence final answer is approx 6.3 feet. Or to be more accurate you can write $\frac{19}{3}$ feet.

Answer 2

Expression: x divided by 3
Scale height: 19/3 = 6.33333333