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)
O 0.05 centimeters
• 12 centimeters
• 3 centimeters
O 2 centimeters
To find the distance between Lewis City and Jenkinsville on Arturo's drawing, we need to first find the scale of his drawing.
Actual distance between Lewis City and Bellstown is 120 km.
Distance between Lewis City and Bellstown on the drawing is 6 cm.
Scale of Arturo's drawing = Actual distance / Distance on drawing
Scale = 120 km / 6 cm
Scale = 20 km/cm
Now, to find the distance between Lewis City and Jenkinsville on Arturo's drawing:
Actual distance between Jenkinsville and Lewis City is 60 km.
Distance between Jenkinsville and Lewis City on Arturo's drawing = Actual distance / Scale
Distance between Jenkinsville and Lewis City on Arturo's drawing = 60 km / 20 km/cm
Distance between Jenkinsville and Lewis City on Arturo's drawing = 3 cm
Therefore, the distance between Lewis City and Jenkinsville on Arturo's drawing is 3 centimeters.