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Baldwin made a scale drawing of the town library. He used the scale 1 centimeter : 9 meters. The parking lot is 9 centimeters in the drawing. How long is the actual parking lot?

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81 meters
Because the ratio is 1:9 if you wanna change the centimeters you have to do it on both sides
So what times 1 equals 9? 9
So multiply the meters by 9.
User Jimmy Z
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Answer:

81m

Explanation:

1/9 = 9/x

x = 81

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