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40 POINTS!!! Pleaaaasssee help I really want to do this !! :) The distance between two parks on a city map is 1.8 inches. The actual distance between the parks is 2 miles. In the same city, the distance from the library to the post office is 0.8 mile. What is the distance to the nearest tenth of an inch between the library and the post office on the map?

0.72 inch

1.4 inches

4.4 inches

6.7 inches pls help if you can appreciate it :)

User Sanae
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Answer:

Answer:

the correct answer is 0.72

Explanation:

User Vitaliy Rayets
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First find the unit rate of inches to miles:

1.8 inches / 2 miles = 0.9 inches equals 1 mile.

0.8 miles * 0.9 inches = 0.72

The answer is 0.72

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