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A map of the cafeteria was drawn by astudant. He used a scale of 2 cm to 3m.The drawing was 40 cm long. How longwas the cafeteria?

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The scale of the map of the cafeterua was drawn by;


2\operatorname{cm}\cong3m

If the drawing was 40cm long, then;


\begin{gathered} \text{The length of the cafeteria is;} \\ =\frac{40\operatorname{cm}*3m}{2\operatorname{cm}} \\ =60m \end{gathered}

Thus, the cafeteria is 60m long.

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