Question

Solve the following proportion.

You want to bike down a mountain in
Lake Garda, Italy. The map on the top of
the mountain indicates that you need to
navigate 28 centimeters of paths to
reach the bottom of the mountain. If
1 centimeter represents 1.5 kilometers,
how long will your ride be in kilometers?
Round to the nearest kilometer.
[?] kilometers
Enter

Answer 1

Explanation:

so 1 cm in map=150000cm in real life,

28 cm in map means (150000cm*28)cm in real life

28 cm in map means (4200000)cm in real life

28 cm in map means 42Km in real life