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A student creates a scale model of a dinosaur in science class. In the model the length of the dinosaur's tail is 2 inches. The actual length of the dinosaur's tail is 5 feet.

Which scale does the student use to create the scale drawing the dinosaur?
A. 1 inch represents 0.4 feet
B. 1 inch represents 2.5 feet.
C. 2.5 inch represents 0.4 foot.
D. 2.5 represents 1 foot.

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A. 2/5 is 0.4. There is always an imaginary 1 under the 0.4 meaning one inch represents 0.4 ft
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