document.write( "Question 79228: the distance between Milwaukee and boston is 1050 mi. on a certain map, this distance is represented by 42 in. on the same map, seattle and cincinnati are 92 in. what is the actual distance between seattle and cincinnati. \n" ); document.write( "

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The distance between Milwaukee and Boston is 1050 mi. on a certain map, this
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document.write( "The formula is:\r\n" );
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document.write( " Distance on earth in 1st situation       Distance on earth in 2nd situation \r\n" );
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document.write( "  Distance on map in 1st situation         Distance on map in 2nd situation\r\n" );
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document.write( "So:\r\n" );
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document.write( "    1050 miles on earth      X miles on earth\r\n" );
document.write( "   --------------------- = -------------------\r\n" );
document.write( "     42 inches on map        92 inches on map\r\n" );
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document.write( "Or eliminating the words:\r\n" );
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document.write( "          1050      X\r\n" );
document.write( "         ------ = ----\r\n" );
document.write( "           42      92\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cross-multiply:\r\n" );
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document.write( "            42X = (92)(1050)\r\n" );
document.write( "            42X = 96600\r\n" );
document.write( "              X = 96600 ÷ 42\r\n" );
document.write( "              X = 2300\r\n" );
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document.write( "So it's 2300 miles on earth between Seattle WA and Cincinatti OH\r\n" );
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