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OpenStudy (anonymous):

WILL GIVE MEDALS Two lines are related by the scale 4 millimetersto5 decimeters. How many times larger is the larger line?

OpenStudy (cwrw238):

Hint: 1 decimeter = 100 millimeters

OpenStudy (anonymous):

1.25? @cwrw238

OpenStudy (cwrw238):

no its 5 decimeters

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I don't understand

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@cwrw238

OpenStudy (cwrw238):

5 decimeters = 5*100 = 500 millimeters

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so what would the answer be

OpenStudy (cwrw238):

500/4

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ohhh 125

OpenStudy (cwrw238):

right!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thank you

OpenStudy (cwrw238):

yw

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