SOLUTION: A triangle drawn on a map has sides of lengths 8.0 cm, 12 cm, ans 15 cm. The shortest of the corresponding real-life distances is 127 km. Find the longest of the real-life distance
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Question 319740: A triangle drawn on a map has sides of lengths 8.0 cm, 12 cm, ans 15 cm. The shortest of the corresponding real-life distances is 127 km. Find the longest of the real-life distances. Round to the nearest unit.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The shortest distance on the map is 8 cm which corresponds to the shortest distance of 127 km. The longest distance of 15 cm corresponds to the longest distance 'x' km. So this means that . I'll let you solve that.
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