The scale statement for the height of a building is 1:60. If a model of the building is 50 cm tall, how tall is the building?
36 m
1.2 m
30 m
24 m
The scale statement says that 1 unit on the model represents 60 units on the actual building. Therefore, to find the height of the building, we can set up the proportion:
1 unit on the model / 60 units on the actual building = 50 cm / x cm
Cross multiplying, we get:
1 * x = 60 * 50
x = 3000
So the building is 3000 cm tall. Converting to meters, we divide by 100:
3000 cm / 100 = 30 m
Therefore, the building is 30 meters tall. Answer: \boxed{30 \text{ m}}.