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A city map has the scale 1inch - 1.000 feet. If a map of the city limits is 36 inches (East to West) by 24 inches (North to

South), how many miles long (5.280 feet = 1 mile) is a straight north-South road in this scale?

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Answer:

4.5 miles.

Step-by-step explanation:

24 x 1,000 = 24,000

24,000 รท 5380 = 4.5

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