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Ram drew a line segment of length 10 cm. He told Arjun that he has scaled down. The scale used by him is 2cm = 100m. What is the actual length of the line segment?


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50m

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500m

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600m

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1000m

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Solution

The correct option is B

500m


Since 2cm is equivalent to 100m,

1 cm is equivalent to 1002 = 50m.

Therefore, actual length of the line = 10 × 50 = 500m.


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