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A triangle LMN has been reduced by scale factor 0.8 to the triangle L' M' N'. Calculate:
the length of M' N', if MN = 8 cm.

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ICSE-SIMILARITY (WITH APPLICATIONS TO MAPS AND MODELS)-EXERCISE 15(D)
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