In a scale drawing of the solar system, the scale is 1 mm = 500 km. For a planet with a diameter of 7000 kilometers, what should be the diameter of the drawing of the planet?

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David Burrows · Answer 1 · 2017-09-13T22:01:27+0000

If 1mm = 500km then:

7000km/500km will give you your diameter of the drawing.

This means the planet drawing will have a diameter of 14mm