On a map, 1 inch represents 50 miles. What is the distance between two towns on the map if they are actually 175 miles apart?

Answer 1

There are couple ways to solve this, but we'll use the proportion equation to solve this.

1 inch x inches

--------- = ------------- here we're setting up 2 fractions that are equal to each other.

50 miles 175 miles.

Now we'll cross multiply. 50 * x = 1 * 175

x = 175/50

x = 3.5 inches

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