Masha is making a scale diagram of the front face of an aquarium. The face is shaped like a rectangle.She uses a scale of 1 centimeter to 6 inches to draw the diagram. The actual length of the aquarium face is 5 feet, and its width is 2 feet. The perimeter of the scale drawing of the front face is___ centimeters.
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Scale: 1 cm : 6 inches
--------------------------------- Length of the aquarium: --------------------------------- 5 feet = 5 x 12 = 60 inches 60 ÷ 6 = 10 The length will be 10 cm on the scale drawing.
--------------------------------- Width of the aquarium: --------------------------------- 2 feet = 2 x 12 = 24 inches 24 ÷ 6 = 4
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Answer: The perimeter of the scale drawing of the front face is 28 cm.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------