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  • 04-06-2016
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a particular submarine is 12 m long. A model of it was built with a scale of 1 cm: 3 m. How long is the model? Show all work.

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Karima6
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  • 04-06-2016
1cm : 3m

to get from 12m to 3m you have to divide by 4, so if:

3 x 4 = 12

then you do the same to the 1cm and you get:

1 x 4 = 4

Therefore:

1cm : 3m
4cm : 12cm

the model is 4cm

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