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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Answer:
Scale:
1 cm : 6 inches

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Length of the aquarium:
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5 feet = 5 x 12 = 60 inches
60 ÷ 6 = 10 
The length will be 10 cm on the scale drawing.

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Width of the aquarium:
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2 feet = 2 x 12 = 24 inches
24 ÷ 6 = 4 

The width will be 4 cm on the scale drawing.

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Find Perimeter:
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Perimeter = 2 (length + width)
Perimeter = 2( 10 + 4 )
Perimeter = 28 cm

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Answer:  The perimeter of the scale drawing of the front face is 28 cm.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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