Town Town
Bellstown Lewis city 120 km
Bellsstown Jenkinsville 40 km
Jenkinseville Lewis city 60 km
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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)
• 3 centimeters
0.05 centimeters
2 centimeters
12 centimeters
The distance between Lewis City and Bellstown on the scale drawing is 6 centimeters and the actual distance is 120 km.
Therefore, 1 cm on the scale drawing represents 120/6 = 20 km in reality.
According to the information provided, the distance between Jenkinsville and Lewis City is 60 km in reality.
Therefore, on the scale drawing, the distance between Jenkinsville and Lewis City would be 60/20 = 3 centimeters.
So, the correct answer is:
• 3 centimeters