SOLUTION: On a road map, the distance from Atlanta to Chicago is 17.5 cm. What is the actual distance between the cities if the map scale is 2 cm = 80 miles?
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Question 703958: On a road map, the distance from Atlanta to Chicago is 17.5 cm. What is the actual distance between the cities if the map scale is 2 cm = 80 miles?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
17.5/x = 2/80
17.5*80 = 2x
1400 = 2x
2x = 1400
x = 1400/2
x = 700
Answer: 700 miles
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