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If New York is 2 inches from Chicago, what is the distance between the two cities?

User Kalyan Pvs
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Since the picture is giving you the information about the scale equivalence in which


1inch=557\text{miles}

use this information to obtain what is 2 inches


2inches\cdot(557miles)/(1inch)=1,114miles

the distance between the 2 cities will be 1,114 miles

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