SOLUTION: Amy made a map showing three cities X, Y and Z. The distance between cities X and Y on the map was 8 centimeters and that between cities Y and Z was 4 centimeters. If the actual di
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Question 773868: Amy made a map showing three cities X, Y and Z. The distance between cities X and Y on the map was 8 centimeters and that between cities Y and Z was 4 centimeters. If the actual distance between cities X and Y is 40 miles, then what should the key on the map?
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Actual distance between X and Y = 40 miles
Map distance between X and y = 8 centimetres
40/8 = 5
Scale = 1 centimetre = 5 miles
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