Use the table to answer the question.

Town Town Actual Distance Between Towns
Bellstown Lewis City 120 km
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?

(1 point)
Responses

0.05 centimeters
0.05 centimeters

12 centimeters
12 centimeters

3 centimeters
3 centimeters

2 centimeters

1 answer

To determine how far apart Lewis City and Jenkinsville are on Arturo's drawing, we first need to calculate the scale of the drawing based on the distance between Lewis City and Bellstown.

The actual distance between Lewis City (LC) and Bellstown (B) is 120 km, and on the drawing, the distance between them is 6 centimeters. Therefore, we can determine the scale as follows:

  1. Calculate the scale factor: \[ \text{Scale} = \frac{\text{Distance on drawing}}{\text{Actual distance}} = \frac{6 \text{ cm}}{120 \text{ km}} = \frac{1 \text{ cm}}{20 \text{ km}} \]

  2. Determine the actual distance between Jenkinsville (J) and Lewis City (LC): The actual distance between Jenkinsville and Lewis City is 60 km.

  3. Convert the actual distance to the drawing scale using the scale factor: Using the scale factor from step 1: \[ \text{Distance on drawing between J and LC} = \frac{60 \text{ km}}{20 \text{ km/cm}} = 3 \text{ cm} \]

So the distance between Lewis City and Jenkinsville on Arturo's drawing is 3 centimeters.

The correct response is: 3 centimeters.