SOLUTION: The area of a window of a car is 85 cm^2 on a drawing having a scale of 1:6. Find the actual window area in square meters.

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Question 1182654: The area of a window of a car is 85 cm^2 on a drawing having a scale of 1:6. Find the actual window area in square meters.
Answer by ikleyn(52781) About Me  (Show Source):
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The actual area is the area on the drawing  MULTIPLIED  by the  SQUARE  of the linear scale


                85 cm^2 * 6^2 = 85 cm^2 * 36 = 3060 cm^2 = convert to square meters dividing by  100^2 =

                                        = 3060%2F100%5E2 = 3060%2F10000 = 0.306 m^2.             ANSWER

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