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The distance between Buffalo, New York and Chicago, Illinois is 600 Miles. On a U.S. road atlas, this distance is represented by 10 inches. On the same atlas, the distance betwee
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The distance between Buffalo, New York and Chicago, Illinois is 600 Miles. On a U.S. road atlas, this distance is represented by 10 inches. On the same atlas, the distance between Chicago and Denver, Colorado is 18 inches. What is the distance between Chicago and Denver?
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The distance between Buffalo, New York and Chicago, Illinois is 600 Miles. On a U.S. road atlas, this distance is represented by 10 inches. On the same atlas, the distance between Chicago and Denver, Colorado is 18 inches. What is the distance between Chicago and Denver?
We will solve this as a proportion;
The first ratio is;
The second would be;
x=distance between Chicago and Denver
Now make this a proportion;
Cross multiply;
10x=10800
divide by 10;
x=1080
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