Question

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Shontal made a scale drawing of a boarding school. The scale of the drawing was 1 centimeter : 3 meters. The actual length of a building at the school is 111 meters. How long is the building in the drawing?

Answer 1

The length of the building in the drawing = 37 centimeter

Explanation:

Here, the given scale is 1 centimeter : 3 meters

Now, the actual length of the given building is 111 meters.

Let us assume the length of the building in the drawing = k centimeter

So, according to the question:

k centimeters = 111 meters

Now, 1 cm = 3 m

`\implies 1 m = ((1)/(3))  cm\\\implies 111 m = 111 * ((1)/(3))  cm  = 37 cm`

or, k = 37 cm

or, 37 cm = 111 meters

Hence, the length of the building in the drawing = 37 centimeter