Chapter 6.6, Problem 23HP

To determine

To justify: whether the model is larger or smaller than the insect.

Answer to Problem 23HP

Explanation of Solution

Given information:

A model of an insect has a scale of $0.25\text{cm}=\text{1}\text{mm}$ .

Calculation:

A model if insect has a scale $0.25\text{cm}=\text{1}\text{mm}$ .

Here $0.25\text{cm=1}\text{mm}$

  $0.25\text{cm}=\text{2}\text{.5}\text{mm}\text{>}\text{1}\text{mm}$ .

If the original length is 1 mm, then the model length is 2.5 mm.

Hence, the result is model is larger than the actual insect.