A scale drawing of a lake has a scale of 1 cm to 80 m. If the actual width of the lake is 1,000 m, what is the width of the lake

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on the scale drawing? Explain or show your reasoning.

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Andreas93 [3] · Answer 1 · 2022-02-18T07:25:13+03:00

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Answer: 12.5 cm

Step-by-step explanation:

Equation would be:

1:80

?:1000

So you'll just have the cross multiply the equation above to find ? ( scale drawing lake). It'll be 1000*1/80 which will be 12.5 cm.