Ramesh drew a line segment of length 10 cm. He told Arjun that he has scaled it down.

The scale used by him is 2cm = 100m. What is the actual length of the line segment?

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

2cm is equivalent to 100m,

1 cm is equivalent to $\frac{100}{2}$ = 50m.

Therefore, actual length of the line = 10 $\times$ 50 = 500m.

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

The correct option is B 500m 2cm is equivalent to 100m, 1 cm is equivalent to 1002 = 50m. Therefore, actual length of the line = 10 × 50 = 500m.

Ramesh drew a line segment of length 10 cm. He told Arjun that he has scaled it down.

The scale used by him is 2cm = 100m. What is the actual length of the line segment?

The correct option is B
500m

2cm is equivalent to 100m,

1 cm is equivalent to $\frac{100}{2}$ = 50m.

Therefore, actual length of the line = 10 $\times$ 50 = 500m.