0.25 inches represents 1 mile
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Find 1 inch:
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1 inch represents 1 ÷ 0.25 miles
1 inch represents 4 miles
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Find 3.75 inches:
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1 inch represents 4 miles
3.75 inches represent 4 x 3.75 miles
3.75 inches represent 15 miles
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Find 2.25 inches:
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1 inch represents 4 miles
2.25 inches represent 4 x 2.25 miles
2.25 inches represent 9 miles
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Find Area:
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Area = Length x Width
Area = 15 x 9
Area = 135 miles²
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Answer: 135 miles²
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You can't. There are an infinite number of different parallelograms,
with different dimensions, that all have area of 96 square miles.
Knowing the area doesn't tell you the dimensions.
Here are a few parallelograms with areas of 96 square miles:
-- square, every side 4√6 miles long
-- rectangle, 12 miles long, 8 miles wide
-- parallelogram, base=32 miles, height=3 miles
There are an infinite number of others.
Answer:
13/8
in decimal form it is 1.625
Step-by-step explanation:
