On the scale model, the distance between the wheels on the left and the wheels on the right is inches. The state of Wyoming has old railroad tracks that are 4.5 feet apart. Can the modern train travel on those tracks?

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No, modern train cannot travel on old railroad.

In rail transport, track gauge is the spacing of the rails on a railway track and is measured between the inner faces of the load-bearing rails.

Most of the modern train are based on broad gauge. The separation in broad gauge is about 5 ft and 6 inches and in the standard gauge the separation between the tracks is 4 ft and  inches. So for the modern train it is not possible to travel on the tracks whose separation is no more than 4.5 feet.

No, modern train cannot travel on old railroad.

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option a is correct.

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scale factor: it is used to find proportional measurements.

proportions means having the same ratio.

scale factor is the ratio of the model measurement to the actual measurement in a simplest form.

or we can say that the ratio of any two corresponding lengths in two similar geometric figures

if the scale factor is more than 1, then it is an enlargement,

if the scale factor less than 1, then it is a reduction.

given the two geometric figure:

by definition of proportions, we have

c

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