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[Town ][Town ][Actual distance between towns]
[Bellstown ][ Lewis city ][ 120km ]
[Bellstown ][ Jenkinsville ][ 40km ]
[Jenkinsville ][ Lewis city ][ 60km ]
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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?
A. 0.05 centimeters
B. 3 centimeters
C.12 centimeters
D. 2 centimeters
B. 3 centimeters
If the distance between Lewis city and Bellstown is 6 centimeters on the drawing, and the actual distance between Lewis city and Jenkinsville is 60 km, then on the drawing, the distance between Lewis city and Jenkinsville would be 6 centimeters * (60 km / 120 km) = 3 centimeters.