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30A cartographer used a scale of 1 inch:300 meters for the heights of differentmountains. If the actual height of one of those mountains is 3,600 meters, what is itsheight on the map?1,080,000 inches108 inches100 inches12 inchesI don't knowOne attempt

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1 inch : 300 meters

3600 m


3600m\cdot(1in)/(300m)=12in

With the given scale factor 3600m is equivalent to 12 inches

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