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5. Nicholas bought a map of a city. It uses a scale of 1 inch to 8 miles. Nicholas's house and school are 1/2 inches apart on the map. How far apart would his house and school be on the map if the scale
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5. Nicholas bought a map of a city. It uses a scale of 1 inch to 8 miles.

Nicholas's house and school are 1/2 inches apart on the map. How far apart
would his house and school be on the map if the scale was 1 inch to 6 miles?
What’s the answer to this?

User Pulimon
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Scale is 1 inch to 6 mile.

So, ½ inch = 6 mile/2 = 3 mile

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