Question 18.37

7. The human figures in Lego sets are 4 cm tall (without hats or helmets).

  1. What is the linear scaling factor of a Lego figure if it represents a human who is 160 cm tall?
  2. How does the volume of a real human compare with the volume of a Lego figure?
  3. The car in one Lego set is 10 cm long. Using the linear scaling factor in part (a), how long would a real car be?

7.

(a)

(b) 64,000 times as large

(c)