Problema Solution
a map has a scale of 1cm:12km. The distance between two cities on the map is 6.8 cm. Estimate the distance between the the cities
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Let 'x' represent the distance between the two cities.
x : 6.8 = 12 : 1
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x = 81.6 km
The distance between the two cities is 81.6 kilometers.