Question

The scale of a math is 1 in. : 250 miles. City A is 378 miles from City B. To the nearest tenth, how far is it’s distance on the map?

Answer 1

1 ?

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250 378

using cross products

1 * 378 = 250 *?

378/250 = ?

1.512 = ?

1.5 inches is the answer to the nearest tenth