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Draw a right triangle (attachment below):
Length of the vertical line = 6 units
Length of horizontal line = 8 units
a^2 + b^2 = c^2
6^2 + 8^2 = 100
Square root of 100 = 10
The distance between the two points is 10 units.
Answer:
The distance between their house on the map is 10 inches.
Step-by-step explanation:
In order to calculate the distance from Jeremy's friend house to his we can apply a rule of three in a way that 60 miles is related to "x" inches in the same proportion as "1 1/2" inches is related to 9 miles. Before applying that it'll be for the best if we convert the mixed fraction to a pure fraction as shown below:
Creating the rule of three:
The distance between their house on the map is 10 inches.