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Carter measured a petting zoo and made a scale drawing. The scale he used was 11 centimeter : 1010 meters. The actual length of the goat pen is 2020 meters. How long is the pen in the drawing?\newline\newline____\_\_\_\_ centimeters\newline

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Q. Carter measured a petting zoo and made a scale drawing. The scale he used was 11 centimeter : 1010 meters. The actual length of the goat pen is 2020 meters. How long is the pen in the drawing?\newline\newline____\_\_\_\_ centimeters\newline
  1. Identify scale and length: Identify the scale used and the actual length of the goat pen. Scale: 1cm:10m1\,\text{cm} : 10\,\text{m}, Actual length: 20m20\,\text{m}
  2. Calculate pen length: Calculate the length of the pen in the drawing using the scale.\newlineCalculation: 20 meters10 meters per centimeter=2 centimeters \frac{20 \text{ meters}}{10 \text{ meters per centimeter}} = 2 \text{ centimeters}

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