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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

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Answer:

0.72 inch

Explanation:

took test

Pleaaaasssee help i really want to do this !! :) The distance between two parks on-example-1
User Cory Harper
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0.7 inches is your answer

The ratio of the map is 0.9 in = 1 mi, so 0.9 / 0.8 = 0.72 rounds to 0.7

Hope this helps!

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