SOLUTION: The distance between Buffalo, New York and Chicago, Illnois is 600 miles. On a US road atlas, this distance is represented by 10 inches. On the same atlas, the distance between Chi

Question 104098: The distance between Buffalo, New York and Chicago, Illnois is 600 miles. On a US 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?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
We basically have a ratio here where we can say that the ratio of 600 miles to 10 inches is the same as the ratio of x miles to 18 inches

So the ratio looks like this:

Multiply both sides by 18

Multiply

Simplify

So our answer is

So the distance between Chicago and Denver is 1,080 miles
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