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Michael is planning to drive from City X to City Y. The scale drawing below shows the

distance between the two cities with a scale of 1 inch = 23 miles.
City X
5 in. -
What is the actual distance between the two cities?
City Y

User Eykanal
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The answer is 115 miles.

If there is 5 inches between the two cities, and the scale factor is 1:23, then multiply 5 inches by 23 to get the actual distance between the cities.
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