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hi. i have this book telling me something and i am not so sure howthey got it. "assume that the line is drawn to the scale 1"=20'. determinethe actual length that the line represents." answers: "using the 20 scale, we know that one inch on thedrawing represents 20 feet. further each minor graduationrepresents 1 foot." the image it shows is a scale that has looks likethis 0               1              2 | ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' | ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' | if this is the scale. 1in = 20 feet. then wouldnt each tickreprepsent 2 feet? the book has the scale ranging from 0 to 8.1" but the answeris suppose to be 81 feet. shoudlnt the answer be 162 feet? any help would be great. thanks. hi. i have this book telling me something and i am not so sure howthey got it. "assume that the line is drawn to the scale 1"=20'. determinethe actual length that the line represents." answers: "using the 20 scale, we know that one inch on thedrawing represents 20 feet. further each minor graduationrepresents 1 foot." the image it shows is a scale that has looks likethis 0               1              2 | ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' | ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' | if this is the scale. 1in = 20 feet. then wouldnt each tickreprepsent 2 feet? the book has the scale ranging from 0 to 8.1" but the answeris suppose to be 81 feet. shoudlnt the answer be 162 feet? any help would be great. thanks.

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The tick marks in between 0 and 1 have ten along with ten between 1 and 2 so technically tick 1 is 10 feet and tick 2 is 20 feet I hope this clarifies your question

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