Question

claude is spending his vacation in the city and planning what he will do the first day. looking at a map, he plans to start at his hotel. from there, he will go to the fine arts museum, and then to the sculpture garden. he will walk between each location. on the map: the distance between the hotel and the fine arts museum is 0.9 inches. the distance between the fine arts museum and the sculpture garden is 1.1 inches. on the map scale, 1 in. represents 3 km. enter the scale.

Explanation:

Step1: Find actual - distance from hotel to museum

Use the scale formula. Given 1 in. represents 3 km and the map - distance from hotel to museum is 0.9 in.
Actual distance = Map distance×Scale factor
Actual distance from hotel to museum = 0.9×3 = 2.7 km

Step2: Find actual - distance from museum to sculpture garden

The map - distance from museum to sculpture garden is 1.1 in.
Actual distance from museum to sculpture garden = 1.1×3 = 3.3 km

Step3: Find total walking distance

Add the two actual distances.
Total walking distance = 2.7+3.3 = 6 km

Answer:

6 km