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find the distance between pooler and savannah if there are 2 cm apart on a map with a scale of 1 cm 4.5 miles

User Bojan Ilievski
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Answer:

9 miles

Explanation:

I have to ask here too: are you sure you have this description right ? because cm and miles are usually not used in combination.

but fine.

1 cm <-> 4.5 miles

2 cm <-> ? miles

remember questions like "if 1 apple costs $1.10, how much are 2 apples or 5 or 10 apples ?"

you remember what you had to do ?

pretty common sense : you multiplied the price by the same number that you multiplied the unit count number with. so, in my example, by 2, by 5 and by 10. and you got $2.20, $5.50 and $11.00 as prices.

so, what do you think we need to do to calculate the miles that are residents by 2 cm on the map ?

right ! we need to multiply by 2 - because 2×1 = 2.

so, 4.5 × 2 = 9 miles

yes, if 1 cm on the map stands for 4.5 actual miles, then 2 cm stand for 2×4.5 = 9 actual miles.

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