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Sunita creates a scale model of an Aeroplan. The scale of the model is 5cm to 9cm. Sunita's model has a wingspan of 36cm. What is the wingspan of the rea Aeroplan.

User EGhoul
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Explanation:

Given

Model to Actual = 5:9

5cm in Model = 9cm actual

1cm in model = (9/5)cm = 1.8cm

36cm in model = 1.8cm x 36 = 64.8cm

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