SOLUTION: If 5 inches represent 115 miles. What does 6.5 represent in miles?

Question 1117574: If 5 inches represent 115 miles. What does 6.5 represent in miles?
Answer by ikleyn(53763) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Use a proportion

 = 


and find the unknown value x from it:


x =  = 149.5.


Answer.  6.5 inches represent 149.5 miles.

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