Question

10. Mellissa is drawing a mural of the earth and moon. She is drawing it to scale, where 2 feet = 100,000 kilometers. The distance between the earth and the moon on her mural is 7 1/4 feet. What is the actual distance between the moon and the earth as represented by the mural?

A. 175,000 kilometers

B. 181,250 kilometers

C. 362,500 kilometers

D. 1,450,000 kilometers

Answer 1

C. 362,500 km

Explanation:

2 ft = 100,000 km

therefore,

1 ft = 50,000 km

7 1/4 ft = (7 1/4) × 1 ft = (7 1/4) × 50,000 =

= 7.25 × 50,000 = 362,500 km