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Drawing to real life
Scale: 1 cm represents 5 m
12 cm
on the drawing
60 m
in real life
× 5 → real life
÷ 5 → drawing
Written as a ratio, both numbers need the same unit:
1 cm : 5 m = 1 : 500
Real life is bigger, so
multiply going that way
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The scale is 1 cm represents 5 m.
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