document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=214723>Question 214723</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 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.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The scale is 10cm:40m but you must covert the 40 meters to centimeters.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " 1 meter = 100 cm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "40 meters = 40(100)cm = 4000cm, so the scale is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10cm/4000cm Reduce.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/400 or 1:400 is the scale. </SPAN>\n" );
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