The scale on the map is 2 inches = 50 miles. If the distance between the two cities is 175 miles, how many inches would this be on the map?

Answer 1

Hello Ezyiah,

You can use proportions for this problem.

inches 2 x

¯¯¯¯¯ : ¯¯¯¯¯ = ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯

miles 50 175

Cross-multiply the last 2 fractions and you get: 2*175 = 50*x -----> 350 = 50*x

Divide by 50 and you get x, which will be the answer to the problem. I'll leave that step up to you, you got this!

Cheers.