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Interpreting scale drawings

Alexander is drawing a map of the Federal Triangle in Washington, D.C. The actual Federal Triangle has a base of 30003000 feet and height of 12001200 feet. Alexander needs his drawing to fit on his paper, so he decides to make the base of his triangle 1010 inches.
What scale is Alexander using?
1 inch\qquad 1\text{ inch} :
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 66
  • an exact decimal, like 0.750.75
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3/53/5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7/47/4
  • a mixed number, like 1 3/41\ 3/4
feet\text{feet}
What is the height of Alexander's triangle in inches?
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 66
  • an exact decimal, like 0.750.75
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3/53/5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7/47/4
  • a mixed number, like 1 3/41\ 3/4
inches\text{inches}