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According to the key of a particular park map, every 8 inches on the map represents 3 miles of trails in the park. How many inches on the map represents 9 miles on the park trails

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Answer:

24 inches represents 9 miles in the map

Step-by-step explanation:

To solve this problem you take into account that 8 inches represents 3 miles and that x represent the number of inches for 9 miles. That is:

8 ------- 3

x ------- 9

This is simply a rule of three, then you calculate:

[tex]x=\frac{8\ x\ 9}{3}=\frac{72}{3}=24[/tex]

Hence, 24 inches represents 9 miles in the map

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