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)
• 3 centimeters
• 0.05 centimeters
• 12 centimeters
• 2 centimeters
To determine the distance between Lewis City and Jenkinsville on Arturo's drawing, we can use the given distances and the scale of 6 centimeters representing the distance between Bellstown and Lewis City.
Since Lewis City is 120 km from Bellstown on Arturo's drawing (6 cm on the scale), and Jenkinsville is 60 km from Lewis City, we can find the distance between Lewis City and Jenkinsville on the drawing.
If 120 km is represented by 6 cm on the drawing, then 60 km (the distance between Lewis City and Jenkinsville) would be half of that, which is 3 cm on the drawing.
Therefore, the distance between Lewis City and Jenkinsville on Arturo's drawing is 3 centimeters.