Nora is planning to drive from City X to City Y. The scale drawing below shows the distance between the two cities with a scale of 1 inch = 25 miles.
City X
City Y
NUX
21/2 in
What is the actual distance between the two cities?

Every weekday, mr. jones bikes from his home to his job. sometimes he rides along two roads, the long route that is shown by the solid lines. other times, he takes the shortcut shown by the dashed line. how many fewer kilometers does mr. jones bike when he takes the shortcut instead of the long route?