SOLUTION: if 1 inch on a map represents 40 miles,than 2.5 inches = ?

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Question 359339: if 1 inch on a map represents 40 miles,than 2.5 inches = ?
Answer by checkley77(12844) About Me  (Show Source):
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1/40=2.5/X CROSS MULTIPLY.
X=40*2.5
X=100 MILES.