The distance between New York City, New York and Los Angeles, California is approximately 4485 kilometers. What is the distance between these two major cities in miles? Use the conversion equivalency of 1 mile = 1.609 kilometers and round to the nearest mile.

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anonymous · Answer

On this one, you start off with 4485 kilometers. You know that for every 1.609 kilometers there is one mile, so in this case you divide 4485 by 1.609.

anonymous · Answer

You're basically trying to find how many (1.069)s there are in 4485.

anonymous · Answer

So it would be 2788 ? I had to round it

anonymous · Answer

I got 2787 rounded but you definitely had the right method :)

anonymous · Answer

Yeah thats what I got i must have rounded it wrong. But thanks you sooo much.

anonymous · Answer

Happy to help :)