Question

The Burj Khalifa, a building in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is about 828 meters tall. Brody is making a scale model of this building, using the scale 500 meters : 1 meter.
To the nearest tenth, how tall should Brody's model of the Burj Khalifa be?

Answer 1

To solve this problem you must apply the proccedure shown below:

 1- You have the following information given in the problem above:

 - The Burj Khalifa is about 828 meters tall.

 - The scale used is 500 meters:1 meter.

 2- Then, you have:

 1 meter----500 meters
            x----828 meters

 x=828/500
 x=1.7

 How tall should Brody's model of the Burj Khalifa be? The answer is: 1.7 meters