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Ratio, SM-Bank 047

Determine the scale factor if an actual length of 2 millimetres represents a scaled length of 2 metres.  (2 marks)

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\(\dfrac{1}{1000}\)

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\(\text{Scale ratio}=\text{scale length}\ :\ \text{actual length}\)

\(=2\ \text{m}\ :\ 2\ \text{mm}\)

\(=2000\ \text{mm}\ :\ 2\ \text{mm}\)

\(=1000\ :\ 1\)

\(=1\ :\ \dfrac{1}{1000}\)

\(\text{Scale factor}\)

\(=\dfrac{1}{1000}\)

Filed Under: Ratio Tagged With: num-title-ct-core, smc-4608-20-Word problems ratio, smc-4608-35-Scale

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