SOLUTION: The distance between two cities is 18 kilometers. How far apart should the cities be on a map with a scale of 1/2 centimeter = 3 kilometers? and that's all it says.

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Question 620942: The distance between two cities is 18 kilometers. How far apart should the cities be on a map with a scale of 1/2 centimeter = 3 kilometers? and that's all it says.
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DETAILED EXPLANATION

Look at .
Factors 18 and 3 have greatest common factor (GCF) of 3. Reducing fraction.
It becomes .
Look at .
Remove extraneous '1' from product highlight_red%28+1%2F1+%29
It becomes .
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. Thus, the two cities should be 3 cm apart on the map.
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