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
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
12 centimeters
12 centimeters
0.05 centimeters
0.05 centimeters
2 centimeters
2 centimeters
3 centimeters
3 centimeters
If the distance between Lewis City and Bellstown is 6 centimeters on Arturo's drawing, and the actual distance between Lewis City and Bellstown is 120 km, we can set up a proportion to find the distance between Lewis City and Jenkinsville on the drawing.
Let x be the distance between Lewis City and Jenkinsville on the drawing.
6 centimeters / 120 km = x centimeters / 60 km
Simplifying the proportion:
6/120 = x/60
1/20 = x/60
Cross-multiplying:
20x = 60
x = 3
Therefore, Lewis City and Jenkinsville are 3 centimeters apart on Arturo's drawing.
The actual distance between Bellstown and Lewis City is 120 km.
The actual distance between Bellstown and Jenkinsville is 40 km.
The actual distance between Jenkinsville and Lewis City is 60 km.