I'm planning a cross trip with my family to Ohio. My phone died, so I pull out an old paper map in my glove box to figure out far my trip will take me. The map has a scale factor of 1 inch: 150 miles. I measured with a ruler that our destination in Ohio is 3.7 inches away from my home in Virginia on the map. How far away is my destination in real life? Please include the correct unit

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I'm planning a cross trip with my family to Ohio. My phone died, so I pull out an old paper map in my glove box to figure out far my trip will take me. The map has a scale factor of 1 inch: 150 miles. I measured with a ruler that our destination in Ohio is 3.7 inches away from my home in Virginia on the map. How far away is my destination in real life? Please include the correct unit
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