document.write( "Question 608488: the scale of a map is 3/4 inch=12 miles. What is the area, in square miles, of a plot represented on this map by a square whose side is 1 inch? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Hi
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document.write( "the scale of a map is 3/4 inch=12 miles.
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document.write( "Let x represent number of miles 1\" represents
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document.write( "Sets Up the Proportion
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document.write( "     |Cross Multiplying to solve
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document.write( "       (3/4)x = 12
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document.write( "            x = (4/3)12
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document.write( "            x = 16mi
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document.write( "What is the area, in square miles, of a plot represented on this map by a square whose side is 1 inch  
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document.write( "       (16mi)^2= 256 Mi^2 \n" );
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