Albert made a scale drawing of a house and its lot. The scale of the drawing was 6 centimeters = 7 meters. What scale factor does the drawing use?Simplify your answer and write it as a ratio, using a colon.

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6:700

Step-by-step explanation

1 meter is equivalent to 100 centimeters. The scale factor is,

$(6cm)/(7m)\cdot\frac{1m}{100\operatorname{cm}}=(6)/(700)$

As a ratio, 6:700

TKH answered Jan 19, 2023

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