The scale on a map of Roswell, New Mexico is 1 inch : 0.51 mile. If two hills in Roswell are 7 inches apart on the map, then how

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Licemer1 [7]

3 years ago

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The scale on a map of Roswell, New Mexico is 1 inch : 0.51 mile. If two hills in Roswell are 7 inches apart on the map, then how

many miles apart are they in real life?

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tatyana61 [14] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-16T23:40:09+03:00

tatyana61 [14]3 years ago

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The scale is 1 inch : 0.51 miles. It means 1 inch on the map represents 0.51 miles in real life.

If we have 7 inches on the map, then in real life
in real life = 7 × 0.51
in real life = 3.57

Two hills in Roswell is 3.57 miles apart in real life