Question

A scale on a hiking map shows that 33 inches represents 1.25miles. What number of inches on the map represent 1010 actual miles?

Answer 1

26,664 inches

Explanation:

Set up a proportion to solve this...

33 inches is to 1.25 miles as 'x' inches is to 1,010 miles

33/1.25 = x/1,010 now solve for x by cross multiplying

33,330 = 1.25x

33,330/1.25 = x

26,664 = x