Aworld map has a scale of 1/4th of an inch equals 250 miles. you measure the distance between new york, ny and los angeles, california and it equals 3 inches. what is the real distance between new york and la?

a. 2,500 mi
b. 2,750 mi
c. 2,800 mi
d. 3,000 mi
e. 3,250 mi

how would i complete this application?

You are standing next to a really big circular lake. you want to measure the diameter of the lake, but you don't want to have to swim across with a measuring tape! you decide to walk around the perimeter of the lake and measure its circumference, and find that it's 400\pi\text{ m}400? m. what is the diameter dd of the lake?