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The scale on a map is 4 cm : 125 Km. The distance from the Scale Drawing
Junior High School to the shore is 350 Km. What is the map distance from
the JHS to the shore?

Respuesta :

calculista

Answer:

11.2 cm

Step-by-step explanation:

we know that

The scale on a map is

[tex]4 cm : 125 Km[/tex]

that means

4 cm on a map represent 125 km in the actual

so

using proportion

Find out what is the map distance from  the JHS to the shore if the actual distance is 350 km

[tex]\frac{4}{125}\ \frac{cm}{Km}=\frac{x}{350}\ \frac{cm}{Km}\\\\x=4(350)/125\\\\x=11.2\ cm[/tex]

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