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Try ratios like: '1 : 10', '5 to 6', '10' (will be taken as 10 : 1), '1000000'

What does a ratio of 1000 : 1 look like?

Height of Table Moutain, Cape Town (1.085 km)...

: Height of the R2-D2 droid in the Star Wars movies (1.09 m) ...

Length of the Peripherique around Paris (35 km)...

: Length of the Millennium Falcon spaceship in the Star Wars movies (34.8 m) ...

Length of the Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro (4 km)...

: Length of a classic Volkswagen `Beetle` car (4.08 m) ...

Length of the Kentucky Derby horse race (2 km)...

: Length of a `king-size` bed (1.98 m) ...

Length of the Amazon River (6,990 km)...

: Length of the longest canal tunnel (Rove Tunnel in France) (7.12 km) ...

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