SOLUTION: Your backpacker's guide contains a grid map of Paris, with each unit on the grid representing 0.5 kilometers. If the Eiffel Tower is located at (−8,1) and the Arc de Triomphe is

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Question 1186679: Your backpacker's guide contains a grid map of Paris, with each unit on the grid representing 0.5 kilometers. If the Eiffel Tower is located at (−8,1) and the Arc de Triomphe is located at (−8,4), what is the direct distance (not walking distance, which would have to account for bridges and roadways) between the two monuments in kilometers? Round your answer to two decimal places, if necessary.
______________ kilometers
Answer by ikleyn(52810) About Me  (Show Source):
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The distance on the map is 4-1 = 3 units vertically.


Multiply 3 by 0.5 (the scale) to get the distance of 1.5 kilometers.    ANSWER

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