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Ronald is an election officer. On election day, he travels from his home to the polling place, which appears 2 inches away on a map of the county. What is the actual distance between Ronald's home and the polling place if the scale of the map is 1 inch : 3.7 miles?

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ANSWER:

7.4 miles

STEP-BY-STEP EXPLANATION:

We can calculate the actual distance using the conversion factor, where 1 inch : 3.7 miles, so:

[tex]d=2\text{ in}\cdot\frac{3.7\text{ miles}}{1\text{ in}}=7.4\text{ miles}[/tex]

The current distance is 7.4 miles

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