On a map, the scale is 1.5 inches :25 miles . For each distance, find the actual distance.

Question

Scale drawing

 

Answer 1

Your problem is missing information.  However;

 

1.5:25 scale

 

25/1.5 = 16 2/3 miles per inch

 

For any map distance multiply the number of inches by 16 2/3 or 50/3

to get the real distance

 

1.5/25 = 0.06 inches per mile 0r 6/100 = 3/50

For any real land distance in miles, multiply by 0.06 or 3/50 to get the map distance in inches.

 

Note how these are reciprocals of each other.  Since we are going the opposite direction

the mathematical processes are inverses.