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Brody’s town is building a pool based on a scale drawing that is 20 centimeters by 10 cemtimeters and uses the scale 1 cemtimeter : 250 cemtimeters. What is the area of the pool in square meters?

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Answer:

Area of the pool is 1250 square meters.

Explanation:

Given:

1 cm on scale is 250 cm in actual.

Therefore, 20 cm on scale is
20* 250 = 5000\textrm{ cm}

10 cm on scale is
10* 250 = 2500\textrm{ cm}

Also, we know that,
1\textrm{ cm}= (1)/(100)\textrm{ m}

Therefore,


5000\textrm{ cm}=5000* (1)/(100)=50\textrm{ m}\\2500\textrm{ cm}=2500* (1)/(100)=25\textrm{ m}

Area of the pool is given as,


Area=50* 25=1250\textrm{ }m^(2)

Therefore, the area of the pool is 1250 square meters.

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