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)

2 centimeters

3 centimeters

0.05 centimeters

12 centimeters

Answer 1

To find the distance between Lewis City and Jenkinsville on Arturo's drawing, we need to use the scale factor.

The actual distance between Lewis City and Jenkinsville is 60 km. The actual distance between Lewis City and Bellstown is 120 km, which corresponds to 6 centimeters on the drawing.

So, the scale factor is 120 km / 6 cm = 20 km/cm.

Therefore, the distance between Lewis City and Jenkinsville on Arturo's drawing would be 60 km / 20 km/cm = 3 cm.

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