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Jada has a scale map of Kansas that fits on a page in her book. The page is 5 inches by 8 inches. Kansas is about 210 miles by 410 miles. Select all scales that could be a scale of the map. (There are 2.54 centimeters in an inch.)

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Answer:To determine the possible scales of the map, we need to calculate the ratio of the distance on the map to the corresponding distance on the ground in the actual state. We can do this using the following formula:scale = distance on map ÷ distance on groundFirst, we need to convert the dimensions of Kansas from miles to inches using a common scale factor. Since 1 mile is equal to 63,360 inches, we have:Length of Kansas: 410 miles × 63,360 inches/mile = 25,984,600 inchesWidth of Kansas: 210 miles × 63,360 inches/mile = 13,315,200 inchesNow we can calculate the possible scales of the map based on the dimensions of the page in Jada's book, which is 5 inches by 8 inches:For the length of Kansas:scale = 5 inches ÷ (25,984,600 inches ÷ 2.54 cm/in) = 0.0000484scale = 8 inches ÷ (25,984,600 inches ÷ 2.54 cm/in) = 0.0000774For the width of Kansas:scale = 5 inches ÷ (13,315,200 inches ÷ 2.54 cm/in) = 0.0000962scale = 8 inches ÷ (13,315,200 inches ÷ 2.54 cm/in) = 0.0001539Therefore, the possible scales of the map are 1:20,655, and 1:10,326.

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