a scale drawing of an airplane, I inch represents 9 feet. Answer the following. (a) The wingspan of the real airplane is 90 feet. What is the wingspan of the airplane in the scale drawing? \( \square \) inches (b) In the scale drawing, the length of the airplane is 7 inches. What is the length of the real airplane? \( \square \) feet
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