2) The distance between Janet's home and her office is represented on the map with a scale factor of 1 inch = 5.6 miles. If the

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2) The distance between Janet's home and her office is represented on the map with a scale factor of 1 inch = 5.6 miles. If the

distance between the two locations on the map is 3 inches, calculate the actual distance between her home and the office.

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SpyIntel [72] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-23T07:50:15+03:00

SpyIntel [72]2 years ago

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Hey there! I"m happy to help!

We see that 1 inch is equal to 5.6 miles for this scale factor. If we have three inches, we simply multiply 5.6 by 3 to figure out how many miles this is!

5.6(3)=16.8

Therefore, Janet's home is 16.8 miles from her office.

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