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The scale on a road map is 1 cm equals 500 miles. If the distance on the map between New York and Memphis is 2.2 cm what is the actual distance between the two cities?

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Answer:

The distance between New York and Memphis is 1,100 miles.

Step-by-step explanation:

Key: 1cm = 500 miles.

We need to find the distance that 2.2 × 500 holds.

So we know that 500 × 2 = 1000, so what does .2 × 500 equal?

It's simple. All we need to do is multiply .2 by 500.

Dividing by .2 is like dividing by 5. So, 500 ÷ 5 = 100.

All in all, we need to add 1000, (2) and 100, (.2) to get 1,100 miles.

The distance between New York and Memphis is 1,100 miles.