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Many supersonic jet aircraft in the past have used triangular wings called delta wings. Below is a scale drawing of the top of a delta wing. Scale: 2 centimeters (cm) in the drawing = 192 cm on the actual wing. What is the length of the actual?

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Answer:

it is 780 cm, but what is the area of the actual wing?

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User David LaSpina
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Given scale:

2 cm = 192 cm on actual wing
The length of wing on the drawing= 8.125 cm
So actual length of wing = 192/2 x 8.125
Actual length of wing= 780 cm

Answer: 780 cm
Many supersonic jet aircraft in the past have used triangular wings called delta wings-example-1
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