Question

A student wants to know the approximate distance between London and Beijing. Using a string, she finds that the distance on a globe between London and Beijing is about 36 centimeters and between London and New York is about 22 centimeters. The actual distance between London and New York is about 5000 kilometers. If she lets d represent the approximate distance in kilometers between London and Beijing, what is d rounded to the nearest whole number?

Answer 1

Answer: 8182

Step-by-step explanation:A correct proportion to use is 22 over 5,000 = 36 over d