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Christine on a road trip and noticed that, according to the map, the next gas station on her route is 14 inches away. The scale of the map is 2 inches: 1 mile. In realLife, what is the distance between the two gas stations?

User Dinesh J
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Given that the scale of the map is

2 inches: 1 mile

Hence,

In real life, 14 inches will be equivalent to:


(14)/(2)\text{mile = 7 mile}

The distance between the two gas stations is 7mile

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