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OpenStudy (anonymous):

ASAP!!! The scale on a map is 1:800 000. Two cities are 12 cm apart on the map. What is the actual distance between these 2 cities?

OpenStudy (texaschic101):

1/800,000 = 12/x -- this is a proportion so we cross multiply 800,000(12) = x 9,600,000 = x

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