a map uses a scale where 1 inch = 3 miles. the actual distance between city a and city b is 231 miles. what is the distance between the cities on the map?

i got 693, but i am not sure i really understand the question.

77 inches

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

1 inch = 3 miles in map

We are also given the actual distance between City A and City B = 231 miles.

In order to get the distance in inches = Distance between City A and City B in miles/ 3

We are dividing the distance by 3 to get the distance in inches.

So,

Distance on map = 231/3

= 77 inches

77 inches.

Step-by-step explanation:

You know that this map uses this scale:

This means that 1 inch in the map represents 3 miles.

In this case, you know that the actual distance between City A and City B is 231 miles, then, to find the distance between the cities on the map, you can set up de following proportion:

Now, you need to solve for "x":

the answer   is 200

step-by-step explanation:

this is a problem about poisson probabilities.   i don't know if you've

already studied poisson distributions, or if you have a place to look

to read more about the subject.  

here's how you can see a poisson distribution coming.   when there are

a lot of events that may happen at any time (or any place), and when

you're counting how many of them happen at a particular time (or a

particular place), and each event is independent of the others, then

the result is a poisson distribution.   this is roughly true for the

chocolate chips; one chip being in a cookie has only a small effect on

the probability that another chip will be in the cookie.

once you know you have a poisson distribution, you know a lot.   there

is only one parameter to a poisson distribution, so if you know the

mean, you know everything.   the form of the distribution is

  probability of n chips = {[e^(-x)]*(x^n)} / (n! )