A model airplane will be an exact copy of the original, but at 1/50 the size. The original airplane is 230 feet long. How many f
eet long should the model be? Step 1: Write a proportion that represents the problem. Let x=length (in feet) of the model airplane.
Step 2: Solve the equation you wrote in step 1. Show your work.
To create an exact replica of an original in other size you just have to multiply or divide the reason that you are given, in this case the reason is 1:50, which roughly means that the copy that you are trying to do will be 50 times smaller than the original. To do this you just have to complete the equation.
x is the size of the new model
If you clear the x the new equation would look like this: