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To make a model of the Guadeloupe River bed, Hermie used 1 inch of clay for 5 miles of the river's actual length. His model river was 50 inches long. How long is the Guadeloupe River?

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it is given that hermie used 1 inch of clay to represent the 5 miles of the rivers actual length.

As the total clay used is 50 inches

so the actual length of the river will be


\text{total clay used }*\text{river's actual length in 1 inch}
50*5=250\text{ miles}

so the river is 250 miles long.

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