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A 6-сm long toy car is 4% of the length of the official scale model of the Batmobile. How long is the official scale model? Show your work (you may use a linear model if you'd like) ​

A 6-сm long toy car is 4% of the length of the official scale model of the Batmobile-example-1
User Nucleons
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Answer:


150\:\mathrm{cm}

Explanation:

Let
x represent the length of the official scale model. We can set up the following proportion:


x\cdot 0.04=6.

Solving, we get:


x=(6)/(0.04)=\fbox{$150\:\mathrm{cm}$}.

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