SOLUTION: A large floral carpet of begonias is being designed to mimic the carpet made every few years at the Grand Place in Brussels, Belgium. Before making the carpet, designers make detai

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Question 214723: A large floral carpet of begonias is being designed to mimic the carpet made every few years at the Grand Place in Brussels, Belgium. Before making the carpet, designers make detailed scale drawings. Suppose the floral carpet is to be 40 meters wide. A designer creates a scale drawing of the carpet that is 10 centimeters wide. Find the drawing's scale.
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) About Me  (Show Source):
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The scale is 10cm:40m but you must covert the 40 meters to centimeters.
1 meter = 100 cm
40 meters = 40(100)cm = 4000cm, so the scale is:
10cm/4000cm Reduce.
1/400 or 1:400 is the scale.