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Area and Perimeter of Dilated Figures

By Taylor Evans

Scale model of the Marina Bay Sands \\ Image via Wikimedia Commons (Creative Commons 2.5 etc for Commercial Reuse)

Many museums, meetings, and professional events have miniature models of wonderful locations all over the world. If a model is drawn to scale such that every 1 cm is equivalent to 100 m, how much does an area of 3cm2cm^{2} represent?

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