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You are building a new extension and are looking at the plans.referring to the scale, what is the actual measurement of the wall

marked 18 cm on the plan?m

2 answers:

Zanzabum3 years ago

7 0

we have that

The scale is equal to $\frac{1}{50}$

That means

$1\ cm\ in \ the \ plan=50\ cm\ in \ the \ actual$

so

by proportion

<u>Find the actual measurement of the wall marked $18$ cm on the plan</u>

$\frac{1}{50}\frac{plan}{actual}=\frac{18}{x}\frac{plan}{actual}\\ \\x=18*50\\ \\x=900\ cm$

<u>Convert to meters</u>

$900\ cm=900/100=9\ m$

therefore

<u>the answer is</u>

$9\ m$

galina1969 [7]3 years ago

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<span>1:50 scale means 1cm on paper and <span>50cm in real life . So 18x50=900cm
and the answer is 9m . Hope you enjoy !</span></span>

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