A Travel Agency Runs A New Ad For Beach Vacations. The Ad Poster Shows A Large Image Of A Bottle Of Sunscreen, Based On A Scale Of 1:10,000, In CM If The Actual Bottle Of Sunscreen Was 15 CM Long, How Many CM Is It In The Poster ?

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anonymous · Answer

1/10000 = 15/x

anonymous · Answer

1cm is shown as 10,000cm 
Then what would 15cm be shown as?

anonymous · Answer

15,0000

anonymous · Answer

that's right!  Once you take one of the zeros away.

anonymous · Answer

So, instead of 15,0000, which looks like a typo, you probably were meaning to type 15,000

anonymous · Answer

yes, its 15000cm (cut one zero from what you've written)