jamie drew a scale drawing of the town library. the scale of the drawing was 5 centimeters : 2 meters. the parking lot is 114 meters long in real life. how long is the parking lot in the drawing?

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The length of parking lot in drawing will be 285 centimeters.

We are given the ratio of measurement in drawing to the measurement in real. In the ratio, 5 centimeters represents measurement in drawing and 2 meters represent drawing in real. Further, let the length of parking lot in real life be x centimeters.

Representing the mentioned information in ratio and proportion form - 5÷2=x÷114

Now performing cross multiplication of mentioned ratio and proportion to find the value of x.

2 × x = 5 × 114

Performing multiplication on Right Hand Side of the equation

2  × x = 570

Shifting 2 to denominator on Right Hand Side of the equation

x = 570÷2

Performing division on Right Hand Side of the equation

x = 285 centimeters.

Hence, the length of parking lot in drawing will be 285 centimeters.

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