Direction Destination Distance
South from L.A., CA Lima, Peru 4,199 sm
West from L.A., CA Beijing, China (Gobi Desert, Mongolia) 6,249 sm
South from Beijing, China New Guinea, Indonesia 8,194 sm
L.A., CA New York, NY 3,242 sm
North from N.Y., NY Manitoba, Canada 1,285 sm
East from N.Y., NY Cairo Egypt (Mali & Tanzania) 5,605 sm

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BJ has gotten the air distances to selected cities, only to discover that the mileage is provided in statutory miles. For air flight, they will be using nautical miles. Convert the statute miles provided in the chart above to nautical miles for each destination, rounding to the nearest mile.

HINT: Convert the miles based on these conversions:
One nautical mile (nm) = 1.15 statute miles.
One nautical mile (nm) = 6076.12 feet (1852 meters).

1. Lima, Peru

A) 7125 nm.

B) 3651 nm.

C) 4238 nm.

D) 5434 nm.

E) 4873 nm.

F) 1117 nm.
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