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In a drawing of the solar system, the scale is 1 mm = 500 km. for a planet with a diameter of 6,000 km, what should be the diameter of the drawing of the planet?

12 mm
120 mm
6,000 mm
3,000,000 mm

User Dettorer
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1 mm : 500 km
Multiply the above equation by 12 to get
12 mm : 6000 km

The 1st selection is appropriate.
User Kalyani Chaudhari
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