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On a map drawn to scale, 5 cm represents 30 kilometers. If a line a the same map that connects 2 cities is 7 cm long, what is the distance between the 2 cities?

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42

Step-by-step explanation:

You can use proportions to solve this problem.

[tex]\frac{5cm}{30km}[/tex]=[tex]\frac{7cm}{xkm}[/tex]

Now just cross multiply.

5cm*Xkm=7cm*30km

you can simplify the cm and km since its multipying.

5x=210

x=42

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