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Stanley drew a scale drawing of a farm. The scale of the drawing was 1 millimeter : 7 meters. In the drawing, the goat pen is 2 millimeters long. What is the length of the actual pen?

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Answer:

The length of the actual pen=14 meters.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given The scale of the drawing was 1 millimetre : 7 metres. It means that for every millimetre of the drawing the actual length is 7 metres.

let the actual length of the goat pen be x

[tex]1 mm--->7m[/tex]

[tex]2mm--->xm[/tex]

on cross multiplication we get

[tex]x*1=7*2[/tex]

[tex]x=14[/tex]

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