Nathan is building a model of his fathers sailboat with a scale factor of 1/32. The actual sail is in the shape of a right triangle

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the complete question in the attached figure
we have that
b=8
H=13
H²=a²+b²----------------- >13²=a²+8²-- > a²=169-64------------ >a=10.25
Perimeter in actual sail=8+13+10.25=31.25 meters
scale factor=1/32
1  in the model -----------------------------32 in the actual
X-------------------------------------------31.25
x=31.25/32=0.9765 meters---------------- > 97.65 cms

the answer is 
the perimeter of the sail on the model boat is 97.65 cms
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