Question

on a map, three towns lie in a straight line. abbeyville is 35 miles from beantown. on the map this distance is 2 cm. the distance from abbeyville to clarkton is 13 cm on the map. if beantown is between abbyville and clarkton, how far, in miles, is it from beantown to clarkton?

Answer 1

i will call the cities, A B C respectively
A->B is 35 miles and 2 cm
A->C is 13 cm
B->C = A->C - A->B = 13-2 = 9cm
convert to miles by setting up ratio
35/2 = x/9
cross multiply
2x = 315
x = 157.5 miles

Answer 2

which cite is which

Answer 3

oh sorry, they match the first letter of each city
A for abbeyville ...