Answer:
d = 7.4 cm is the distance between the two cities on the map.
Step-by-step explanation:
Let d = the distance measured on the map in centimeters (cm) between any two locations and let D be the actual distance in kilometers (km) between these same two locations.
Since the scale on the map is 1 cm = 45 km, then the ratio of the distance on the map to the actual distance is equal to 1cm/45 km; therefore the quotient of any measured distance d on the map divided by the corresponding much longer actual distance D would have to maintain (equal) this same ratio; In other words, we can set up the following proportion to solve for d given the actual distance D = 333 km as follows:
1 cm/45 km = d/D
Substituting, we get:
1 cm/45 km = d/333 km
d/333 km = 1 cm/45 km
(d/333 km)(333 km) = (1 cm/45 km)(333 km)
d = (333 km/45 km)(1 cm)
d = 7.4 cm is the distance between the two cities on the map.
Check:
1 cm/45 cm = d/333 km
1 cm/45 cm = 7.4 cm/333 km
1 cm/45 cm = 1 cm/45 km (Therefore, the distance ratio of the map has been maintained
The smallest value it could be is 4 and the largest value it could be is 10.
The triangle inequality theorem states that any two sides of a triangle must have a sum greater than the third side. Given the two sides we have, 7 and 4, the sum would be 11; this would mean that the missing side could be no more than 10.
If we take the unknown side and the smallest one we're given, we would have the inequality
n+4>7
Subtracting 4 from both sides we would have n>3. That means it would have to be the next integer up, which would be 4.
