Bellstown

Question

Lewis City
120 km
Bellstown
Jenkinsville 40 km

Jenkinsville
Lewis City 60 km

UNIT 5
Area and Perimeter
LESSON 4
Length and Area in Scale Drawings
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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)
12 centimeters
2 centimeters
0.05 centimeters
3 centimeters

Answer 1

To find the distance between Lewis City and Jenkinsville on Arturo's drawing, we can set up a proportion using the scale of the drawing.

The distance between Lewis City and Bellstown is 120 km, which is represented by 6 centimeters on the drawing.

The distance between Jenkinsville and Bellstown is 40 km, which is represented by x centimeters on the drawing.

Using the proportion:

6 cm / 120 km = x cm / 40 km

Cross multiply to solve for x:

6 * 40 = 120 * x
240 = 120x
x = 240/120
x = 2

Therefore, the distance between Lewis City and Jenkinsville on Arturo's drawing is 2 centimeters.

So the answer is: 2 centimeters.