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Attempt following question by selecting a choice to answer.
D
A child saw a tall building of height
5000 ft
with binoculars and was surprised to see it as
50 in.
in his binoculars. What scale in the binoculars could give such projection?
f D
A.
D
1
12
B.
D
1
1200
C.
D
1
12000
D.
D
1
120
D
B
View Solution Steps
Step 1: 1 ft = 12 in.
Step 2: The height of building in inches[Conversion of feet to inches.]12 x 5000 = 60000 in.
Step 3: The scale used by binoculars = The image height of building / The actual height of building[Finding the scale used in binoculars.]
50
60000
=
1
1200
Step 4: The scale used by the binoculars is
1
1200
.
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