Question

Two lines are related by the scale 4 centimeters5 decimeters. How many times larger is the larger line?
1.25
12.5
125
1,250

Answer 1

1 decimeter = 10 centimeters
So:
5 decimeters = 50 centimeters

Answer 2

So how will i do this?

Answer 3

To find the ratio of how much longer something is than something else, you divide it.
For example:
\[\frac{100ft}{10ft} = 10\]
Which means that something 100 feet long is 10 times longer than something 10 feet long.

Answer 4

Are we have to divide 4/5

Answer 5

Well, you can only divide values with like terms, and centimeters ≠ decimeters. Also, to avoid confusion, put the larger number on top when dividing.

Answer 6

got 1

Answer 7

Your answer was 1?

Answer 8

no you told to divide 5/4

Answer 9

isnt tht u mean ?

Answer 10

Well, if you divide:
\[\frac{5 decimeters}{4centimeters}\]
You'll get the ratio of 5 decimeters to 4 centimeters, which isn't what the problem's asking for. It wants to know their relative distances, so you need to change 5 decimeters into the equivalent number of centimeters, using the following equation:
\[x centimeters = 10xdecimeters\]
Or, in other words, there are 10 centimeters in every decimeter.

Answer 11

Sorry, the equation is actually:
\[centimeters = 10x decimeters\]
Where x is the number of decimeters

Answer 12

40?

Answer 13

50 /40

1. 25

Answer 14

Close. Leave the bottom number as 4, since it's already in centimeters.

Answer 15

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Answer 16

No problem, just glad it all worked out in the end.

Answer 17

Sorry, for me you had to take too pressure, i am extremely sorry for troubling

Answer 18

It's fine, really.

Answer 19

:) thank you