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Painting is 2 in by 1.5 in. Scale is 1 in:40 cm. What are the dimensions of the original painting?

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Answer:

80 cm by 60 cm

Explanation:

To solve this we know that the scale is 1 In: 40 Cm since our painting is already in inches all we have to do is multiply the inches by 40, so 2 inches * 40 is 80 and 1.5 * 40 is 60 and now all we do is turn the units into centimeters and we are done!

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