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John sees a scale drawing of a boat that has 1:50 on it. He measures the length of the boat on the scale drawing to be 10 cm. How long is the real boat, in centimeters?

100 cm
5000 cm
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500 cm

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Answer:

500cm.

Explanation:

the scale 1:50 means that .........

1cm represents 50cm.

10cm represents ?

crossmultiply .......... 10 × 50 ÷ 1 = 500cm

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