SOLUTION: a rectangular building is 120m long and 80m wide. stan made a scale model of the building that is 48cm long. the area of the scale model in squared centimetres is

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Question 893830: a rectangular building is 120m long and 80m wide. stan made a scale model of the building that is 48cm long. the area of the scale model in squared centimetres is
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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Find the factor that he scaled it down by
+48%2F120+=+2%2F5+ cm/m
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Now scale down the width by the same factor
( m )*( cm/m ) = m
+80%2A%28+2%2F5%29+=+32+ m
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+A+=+48%2A32+ cm2
You do the multiplication