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-How many miles (to the nearest hundredth of a mile) is a trip that is $1.5 \times 10 ^ { 6 }$ inches?
A) 23.67 miles
B) 47.34 miles
C) 11.835 miles
D) 2,367.42 miles

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To convert inches to miles, divide the total inches by the number of inches in a mile. There are 63,360 inches in a mile. So, $1.5 \times 10^6$ inches divided by 63,360 inches/mile equals approximately 23.67 miles.

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