Solve the problem.
-A road that is 15 miles long is represented on a map that shows a scale of 1 centimeter being Equivalent to 30 kilometers. How many centimeters long does the road appear on the map? Round Your result to the nearest tenth of a centimeter.
A) 24.2 cm
B) 1.3 cm
C) 0.8 cm
D) 0.3 cm

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

First, convert 15 miles to kilometers (1 mile = 1.60934 km), which gives 24.1401 km. Then, using the scale 1 cm = 30 km, the road appears as 24.1401 km / 30 km/cm = 0.8047 cm, rounded to 0.8 cm.

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