Bellstown, Lewis city 120km

Question

Bellstown, jenkinsville 40 km
Jenkinsville, Lewis city 60 km
Arturo creates a scale drawing showing these distances. If the distance between Lewis City and Bellstown is 6 centimeters on his drawing, how far apart are Lewis City and Jenkinsville on Arturo's drawing?

Answer 1

To solve this problem, we can set up a proportion. Let's let x represent the distance between Lewis City and Jenkinsville on Arturo's drawing.

Based on the information given, we can set up the proportion:

6 cm / 120 km = x cm / 40 km

To solve for x, we can cross-multiply:

120 km * x cm = 6 cm * 40 km

120x = 240 cm * km

Divide both sides by 120 km:

x = (240 cm * km) / 120 km

Simplifying the right side:

x = 2 cm

Therefore, Lewis City and Jenkinsville are 2 centimeters apart on Arturo's drawing.