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?
hint*
2 centimeters
12 centimeters
3 centimeters
0.05 centimeters
To find the distance between Lewis City and Jenkinsville on Arturo's drawing, we first need to calculate the scale factor.
The actual distance between Lewis City and Bellstown is 120 km, but on Arturo's drawing it is represented by 6 cm. So the scale factor is 120 km / 6 cm = 20 km/cm.
Now, to find the distance between Lewis City and Jenkinsville on Arturo's drawing, we look at the actual distance between these two towns, which is 60 km.
If we use the scale factor of 20 km/cm, then the distance between Lewis City and Jenkinsville on Arturo's drawing would be 60 km / 20 km/cm = 3 cm.
Therefore, on Arturo's drawing, the distance between Lewis City and Jenkinsville is 3 centimeters.