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  • 02-05-2021
  • Mathematics
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A map has a scale of 1.5 in : 26 mi. If the distance between city A and City
B on the map 15 inches find the real distance?

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Adetunmbiadekunle Adetunmbiadekunle
  • 07-05-2021

Answer:

The real distance is 260 miles

Step-by-step explanation:

From the question;

1.5 inches in map is 26 miles

Thus;

15 inches will be x miles

To get the value of x, we do a cross-multiplication

we have this as:

15 * 26 = 1.5 * x

x = (15 * 26)/1.5

x = 10 * 26 = 260 miles

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