Map T-9 shows an area near Park City, Kentucky, at a scale of 1:24,000. Using the appropriate graphic scale, determine the distance from the “Fairview Church” (in the southwest corner of the map) to the “X” marked “BM 585” along the Louisville and Nashville railway:

_____ feet
_____ miles
_____ kilometers


6400 feet
1.2 miles
1.9 kilometers

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