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A photograph of a bacteria enlarged 50,000 times attains a length of 5 cm as shown in the diagram. What is the actual length of the bacteria? If the photograph is enlarged 20,000 times only, what would be its enlarged length?

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Actual length of Bacteria= `x` cm
`50000x = 5`
`x = 5/50000 = 10^-4`cm
enlarged length = `10^-4 * 20000`
`= 2`cm
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