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A truck is 20cm long on a scale drawing. The scale is 1cm = 50cm (1:50). How long is the truck in real life?
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A truck is 20cm long on a scale drawing. The scale is 1cm = 50cm (1:50). How long is the truck in real life?

User Leandro Caniglia
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Answer:

1000

Explanation:

20x50

User Dmitry Shechtman
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You replace the 1 in (1:50) with 20. If 1cm is 50cm than 20cm would be 1,000cm (20x50). The answer would be (20:1,000) or the truck is 1,000cm in real life.
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