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William is building a planetary path for people to walk through the planetary path will have a model of the sun and model of the planet William uses two different scales He uses 1 cm to 1000 km for the diameter of each planet and 1m to 1000000km for the distance of the sun to each planet William makes a model of planet Venus the model has a diameter of 12.1 work out the real diameter of venus

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Answer:

The actual diameter of Venus is 12,100 kilometers.

Explanation:

Since William is building a planetary path for people to walk through, and the planetary path will have a model of the sun and model of the planet, and William uses two different scales, he uses 1 cm to 1000 km for the diameter of each planet and 1m to 1000000km for the distance of the sun to each planet, if William makes a model of planet Venus and the model has a diameter of 12.1, to work out the real diameter of Venus the following calculation must be performed:

1 cm = 1000 km

12.1 cm = X km

1 = 1000

12.1 = X

12.1 x 1000/1 = X

12,100 = X

Thus, the actual diameter of Venus is 12,100 kilometers.

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