Five inches of your map represents how many miles on the ground?

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Five inches of your map represents how many miles on the ground?

 

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CHAMPAON
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MUSKINGUM
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MONTGOMERY
MONROE
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PICKARAY
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6 1o 20 30 40 slometern
LEGEND
1 Hoytvile Nappanee-
Palding-Toledo
5 Bernington Cardington-
Centerburg
9 Eden-Braton-Brushoreek
6 Mahoning Canfeld
Rittman-Chili
10 Shelocta-Brownsvile
Latham-Steinsburg
2 Conoton-Conneaut Alis
3 Biount-Pewamo-Gymwood
11 Coshocton-Westmoreland-
Berks
7 Cemont Rossmoyne
Avorburg Cincinnas
8 Westmoreland Homewood
4 Miamian-Kokomo-Eldean
12 Glpin-Upshur-Lowell-
Guernsey
Loudonville
"Soil Regions are identfied by the names of the soil series that are most common in each region
Map Couteny ef Oh Depertmentt Agriut's Divsion of Sel and Wter Conservation
Transcribed Image Text:Soil Regions of Ohio WLLIAMS LUCAS OTANA wo0o HERY TRUMBULL DEPANICE SANDUSKY PORTAGE PAULDING MEDINA SUNMT SENECA PUTNA HANCOCK MAONING AN WERT WHANDOT CRANTORD NOSAND TARK COLUMBIANA NARDN MERCER WANE CARROLL AUGLARE HOLMES TUSCARANAS SHELEY UNION COOCTON HARRSON DELARAR DARKE CHAMPAON LICKING GUERNSEY MUSKINGUM MLMONT PRAKUN MADSON CLARK PREBLE ARFELD NOBLE MONTGOMERY MONROE OREENE PICKARAY FAYETTE HOCKING WASHINGTON BuLER WARREN CLNTON ROSS ATHEN VTON GHLAND CLERMONT JACKSON BROWN ADA LARENCE 10 20 30 mies 6 1o 20 30 40 slometern LEGEND 1 Hoytvile Nappanee- Palding-Toledo 5 Bernington Cardington- Centerburg 9 Eden-Braton-Brushoreek 6 Mahoning Canfeld Rittman-Chili 10 Shelocta-Brownsvile Latham-Steinsburg 2 Conoton-Conneaut Alis 3 Biount-Pewamo-Gymwood 11 Coshocton-Westmoreland- Berks 7 Cemont Rossmoyne Avorburg Cincinnas 8 Westmoreland Homewood 4 Miamian-Kokomo-Eldean 12 Glpin-Upshur-Lowell- Guernsey Loudonville "Soil Regions are identfied by the names of the soil series that are most common in each region Map Couteny ef Oh Depertmentt Agriut's Divsion of Sel and Wter Conservation
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Step 1

On the map, using the scale at the bottom right side of the map. 

0.6875 inches represent 40 miles

For one segment that measures 0.6875 inches, the distance represented on the map is 40 miles.

The number of such segments that make up 5 inches = 5/0.6875 = 7.27 segments

 

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